KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 16 — Malay Jaringan Melayu Malaysia (JMM) filed a police complaint today, demanding an investigation against Bank Negara Governor Tan Sri Zeti Akhtar Aziz whom they accused of “undermining” the reputation of the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) and its chief by revoking the permissions given to 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).
JMM secretary-general Hamdan Mohd Salleh claimed that Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) headed by Zeti had committed “bad faith” against both Attorney-General Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali and the AGC, and should be prosecuted immediately.
“It can be seen Bank Negara Malaysia has bad faith to spoil the name of the attorney-general’s good name and undermine the AGC,” he told reporters after lodging the report at Dang Wangi today.
Hamdan added that Zeti was “not above the law and is only human”, which meant that the police should investigate her. He gave the police a week to do so.
The NGO leader however was unsure under what ambit of the law would Zeti be investigated and curtly said the police would get back to him in a day or two on the details.
BNM had revoked its three permissions given to 1MDB for investments abroad totalling US$1.83 billion (RM7.6 billion) previously, and instructed the state-owned company to repatriate the amount.
But earlier this month, the AGC had dismissed the central bank’s second request for criminal proceedings against 1MDB for allegedly breaching the Exchange Control Act.
Hamdan also said Zeti’s decision to suddenly revoke the permissions to 1MDB smelt “fishy” and questioned why the decision had only been made recently.
“The decision made by the Bank Negara Malaysia governor is as though there is a hidden agenda and I believe that there are other mistakes involving BNM that the public does not know about.
“This revocation is as though they are trying to cover up the mistakes and weakness of BNM,” Hamdan stressed.
