FORMER prime minister Najib Razak has lodged a police report against current and former key individuals in the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) who were appointed during the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration.

This is over his allegation that there were attempts to conceal material evidence regarding his SRC International and 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) trials. He has been convicted in the SRC International case and appealed, and is awaiting the Court of Appeal’s decision on December 8.

The Pekan MP said he lodged the police report following news that implied former Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz likely had more knowledge about 1MDB funds than revealed.

Her husband, Tawfiq Ayman, ran Singapore-based Cutting Edge Industries Ltd, which reportedly handled funds related to 1MDB, of which RM65 million was returned by Singapore to Malaysia recently.

“Most Malaysians were shocked with the confirmation by MACC last week that a balance of RM65 million of funds reportedly linked to Jho Low and 1MDB in bank accounts linked to the immediate family of a former central bank BNM governor was returned to Malaysia by the Singapore authorities,” Najib said, referring to fugitive businessman and 1MDB mastermind Low Taek Jho.

“Media reports had said that as much as RM700 million had been transferred to bank accounts linked to the former BNM governor from 2013 to 2017,” he said in a statement today.

“No one can be more disappointed than I am as no investigation agencies had ever revealed to me of the governor’s family links to Low or their dealings as I had fully trusted her during my time as the prime minister,” Najib added, referring to Zeti.

Najib lodged the report at the Dang Wangi district police headquarters. 

PH was in power from 2018 to early 2020 and brought charges against Najib soon after it took over Putrajaya.

Najib also said then attorney-general Tommy Thomas, who was also appointed by the PH government, had admitted being aware of such transactions involving 1MDB funds and Zeti’s husband’s company, but that investigations into the matter was not completed during his time as the AG.

Najib claimed that such information was never made known to him or his legal team.

“Even more disappointing is the revelation by Thomas two days ago that he was aware of such transactions as well as the answer in Parliament last Monday by de facto Law Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar that police had known about this since at least 2019 under the previous PH administration but were still investigating until now – almost the end of 2021,” Najib said.

He said he had also just become aware of another key prosecution witness in his SRC case who had received more than RM85 million linked to 1MDB, which he and his legal team were not told about before.

“Therefore, I am making a report to ask the police to investigate if there were deliberate attempts to conceal material evidence from me and all Malaysians by certain current and former key individuals in the AGC and MACC appointed during the PH administration.” – November 27, 2021.