PROMINENT lawyer Rosli Dahlan has lodged a police report against former Umno Supreme Council member Lokman Adam and two other individuals for alleging he received billions of ringgit in kickbacks from Goldman Sachs in its 1MDB settlement.

Rosli, who was appointed by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin as legal counsel in the latter’s suit against Umno’s Mohd Puad Zarkashi, said in his report that Lokman had accused him of getting 10% out of the RM17 billion Goldman Sachs settlement.

Rosli named Kuang assemblyman Sallehudin Amirudin and blogger Mohd Hanizam Yunus as the other two men involved in the conspiracy to tarnish his image.

“The claim against me came from Lokman through his Facebook live video, where he accused me of becoming Muhyiddin’s riches sidekick at the moment,” Rosli said in his police report sighted by The Malaysian Insight. 

“He accused me of making RM1.7 billion from the Goldman Sachs settlement and alleged the government appointed me as the legal counsel instead of appointing someone from the Attorney-General’s Chambers,” the lawyer said.

“He even accused the AG (Idris Harun) of being pressured to resign if I was not appointed as Malaysia’s legal adviser in the settlement.

Rosli said Sallehudin, on the other hand, held a press conference on March 13 and accused the Perikatan Nasional government of using an illegal channel to settle the Goldman Sachs case at just US$3 billion (RM12.3 billion).

Salehudin claimed the lawyer was one of the brokers who gave Bersatu RM500 million as a commission.

“Sallehudin, together with Hanizam, had lodged a police report against me, which is malicious and false.”

Rosli said it was malicious to accuse him of receiving RM1.7 billion in kickbacks from the settlement. He also insisted he never paid Bersatu RM500 million as commission.

“I am the prime minister’s legal counsel and I have given my professional and honest service,” Rosli said in his report, which was lodged at the Kota Damansara police station yesterday.

He urged police to investigate the accusations thoroughly.

In June 2020, several months after PN took over Putrajaya, Rosli was appointed as a director in government-linked investment company Permodalan Nasional Bhd. 

On April last year, he donated RM150,000 to Muhyiddin’s Covid-19 relief fund.

Rosli also represented Bersatu a few weeks before the 14th general election where he succeeded to get leave as well as a stay on the de-registration of the party. – March 24, 2021.