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Wednesday, July 8, 2015

AmBank founder’s murder not linked to 1MDB, says top cop

Inspector-General of Police Malaysia Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar seen at KL Sentral today. – The Malaysian Insider pic by Afif Abd Halim, July 8, 2015. Inspector-General of Police Malaysia Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar seen at KL Sentral today. – The Malaysian Insider pic by Afif Abd Halim, July 8, 2015.
The murder of Arab Malaysian Banking group founder Hussain Ahmad Najadi (pic) in 2013 has nothing to do with 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal, Inspector- General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said today.
"We know the motive behind the murder. The killer had been arrested and sentenced to death. It has nothing to do with 1MDB," said Khalid.
Two men were arrested over the incident.
Three months earlier, taxi driver, Chew Siang Chee, who allegedly ferried Koong, was sentenced to a total of 14 years' prison and ordered to be whipped six times for having a pistol, a magazine and four bullets. The pistol was used to shoot Najadi and his wife.
Khalid today criticised a blog, which had asked police to investigate the link of the murder to 1MDB, saying it was very irresponsible for the blogger to state that there was a link between the murder and the scandal.
"It's untrue and slanderous. We will investigate those spreading lies," said Khalid, without naming the blog.
He advised the public to be cautious when discussing or commenting on issues happening in the country, as they can be hauled up if their comments contained false information.
Following news that two of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's bank accounts at AmBank in Kuala Lumpur received billions of ringgit in controversial transactions, several quarters asked police to reopen investigations into Hussain's murder.
DAP parliamentary Lim Kit Siang in a statement yesterday said reopening the case could help lay to rest rumours of a possible link between the murder and scandals involving 1MDB.
Lim said police should find out if the unusually large transfer of funds to Najib's accounts at AmBank had been noticed by Hussain.
The allegation was made by The Wall Street Journal last week in an exclusive report on the flow of some US$700 million (RM2.6 billion) to Najib's private accounts.
Najib has denied taking funds for personal use but has not commented directly on the transfer of the money into his accounts. He instead blamed former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad for masterminding the latest allegations.
Speculation of a possible link between Hussain's murder and 1MDB's financial scandal is being heightened further following an interview by website Sarawak Report with Hussain's son, Pascal Najadi, who said he believed there was more to his father's death.
Pascal told Sarawak Report that police had allowed the murder mastermind to escape, adding that his father had been a man of integrity.
- TMI

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