SUBANG JAYA, Aug 21 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak has not broached the subject of the RM42 million allegedly funnelled from a former 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) subsidiary to his accounts, Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan said today.
“No, he has not,” the urban wellbeing, housing and local government minister said when asked if Umno members were briefed about the claims linked to SRC International.
He added that the matter was being investigated and that it was Prime Minister Najib who ordered the probe.
“I think it is very important to remember that PM wants the transaction investigated,” he said.
SRC International, which is now a unit directly under the Finance Ministry headed by Najib, is currently the subject of an investigation by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
On July 2, US-based business daily Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported, citing government investigation documents, that almost US$700 million (RM 2.6 billion) was moved between government agencies, banks and companies linked to state-owned firm 1MDB before ending up in Najib’s personal accounts.
The paper claimed that the documents include bank transfer forms and flowcharts put together by investigators to shed light on 1MDB’s cash flow, adding that this is the first time a direct connection to Najib has been established in the probe on 1MDB.
SRC International, a construction subsidiary, was also implicated in the expose, with WSJ claiming that it was the source of a purported transfer of RM42 million that was moved around companies between December last year and February this year, which ended up in Najib’s accounts.
