PUTRAJAYA: Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has been summoned again by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to give his statement this morning.
MACC sources said Najib was summoned to the agency’s headquarters, here to assist in a probe into a new case related to the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).
Najib, who is also the Pekan Member of Parliament, had been slapped with a total of 25 corruption and anti-money laundering charges involving RM2.3 billion allegedly misappropriated from the 1MDB.
The former prime minister, however, pleaded not guilty for all offences.
His first four charges were under Section 23 (1) and 24 (1) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009 while the other 21 charges were under Section 4 (1) (a) of the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Act 2001 (AMLATFA).
In the charges under the MACC Act, Najib, 64, was accused of using his then position as prime minister, finance minister and chairman of the 1MDB advisory board, to receive bribes on four occassions.
Meanwhile, the money-laundering charges include nine counts of receiving illegal proceeds, five counts of using illegal proceeds and seven counts of transferring the proceeds to other entities.
All the offences allegedly occurred at AmIslamic Bank Bhd’s Jalan Raja Chulan branch in Bukit Ceylon, here, between Feb 24, 2011 and Dec 19, 2014.
Additonional reporting by Noor Atiqah Sulaiman