KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 14 — The manner in which the special taskforce investigating 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) came to an end gives the impression that “interference” was involved, said Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
Speaking at the Kemaman Umno division meeting, the former deputy prime minister said, however, that the individual agencies could still take action under the law if there is any wrongdoing detected.
“The question today is why the action and measures, which have been disrupted, now appear to be discontinued all together,” he was quoted as saying news portal The Malaysian Insider.
“There seems to be some interference that caused issues and problems like what we are seeing now,” he added.
Last week, Attorney-General Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali said the taskforce was no longer necessary as the four agencies involved could pursue their own actions.
Apandi was last month named as Attorney-General to replace Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail, who was unceremoniously dropped ostensibly due to health reasons.
Prior to his removal, Gani had acted as the spokesman for the taskforce that included the Attorney-General’s Chambers, the Royal Malaysia Police, Bank Negara Malaysia and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission,
At the same time, police also began investigating officials from the central bank and MACC over an alleged leak of information linked to the probe, using a law criminalising “threats against parliamentary democracy”.
Two MACC officials who spoke out over the police probe were briefly ordered transferred, before this was reversed following public outcry.
Muhyiddin and Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal were also dropped from the Cabinet the same day that Gani’s removal was announced, ostensibly over their open dissent over how Putrajaya was handling the 1MDB issue.
