UALA LUMPUR — The purported fictitious statutory declaration (SD) by a former AmBank staff claiming he was sacked for questioning the transfer of millions into Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s account will be investigated by the special government task force probing the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal, a high ranking police source said.
The source also told Malay Mail Online that that taskforce comprising the Attorney-General’s Chambers, Bank Negara Malaysia, the Royal Malaysian Police and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission will soon confirm the matter in a media statement.
“The taskforce will be investigating the SD. They will be will be releasing a statement soon,” the source said.
He added that the public should not be too quick to jump the gun and should allow investigators to probe the truth behind the SD released Tuesday by the group calling itself the Citizens for Accountable Governance Malaysia (CAGM).
“People should keep calm. Let the taskforce do it’s duty, they will thoroughly investigate if it was fake or not,” the source said.
In a posting on its blog last night, CAGM admitted that it has been fabricating stories to the media in a “social media experiment” to prove how the media, both local and international, thrives on sensational news.
In the same posting, the group revealed that the SD by an AmBank staff claiming he was sacked for questioning the transfer of millions into Najib’s bank account was just a fictitious document.
CAGM has issued a number of press statements that were picked up and published by the media, including one that saw it offering a RM1 million reward to anyone who could provide information leading to Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s alleged “hidden wealth and assets”.
Malay Mail Online had previously spoken to Md Zainal, the man claiming to be the chairman of the group and whose contact details are provided in each media statement, and was told that CAGM counts 2,000 professionals as its members.
Several news portals had yesterday reported CAGM’s post about the SD.
The purported SD released by CAGM follows the Wall Street Journal’s (WSJ) July 2 expose claiming that documents from investigators have shown a money trail from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) into Najib’s accounts.
Last weekend, CAGM issued a press statement claiming to have court documents that allegedly show that millions from Najib’s AmBank accounts were used to “back up” Barisan Nasional (BN) parties in the run-up to the last federal polls. - Malay Mail
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