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Hold emergency Parliament session to debate graft claims against PM, M’sian parliament speaker told

KUALA LUMPUR — Parliament Speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia must convene an emergency Parliamentary sitting to discuss the alleged monetary link of RM700 million between state-owned 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) and Prime Minister Najib Razak’s personal bank accounts, a DAP MP said today (July 5).

Klang MP Charles Santiago urged the Dewan Rakyat Speaker to convene an emergency Parliamentary sitting to discuss the alleged monetary link between 1MDB and the prime minister’s personal bank accounts. Photo: Malay Mail Online

Klang MP Charles Santiago urged the Dewan Rakyat Speaker to convene an emergency Parliamentary sitting to discuss the alleged monetary link between 1MDB and the prime minister’s personal bank accounts. Photo: Malay Mail Online

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KUALA LUMPUR — Parliament Speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia must convene an emergency Parliamentary sitting to discuss the alleged monetary link of RM700 million between state-owned 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) and Prime Minister Najib Razak’s personal bank accounts, a DAP MP said today (July 5).

Klang MP Charles Santiago also demanded the Dewan Rakyat Speaker disclose the documents sighted by the Attorney General in Parliament so that other MPs can also inspect the alleged monetary trail.

“There was a very strong call for Parliament Speaker Pandikar to reconvene Parliament immediately to have Parliament debate the matter and also to provide the documents sighted by the Attorney-General and the Prime Minister so that Parliament can scrutinise the documents and see its veracity as well as where the monetary trail started and ended,” he said when contacted by Malay Mail Online, adding that it was crucial the seating be held immediately as the it involved the “top man” of Malaysia.

Mr Santiago lodged a police report on the matter this morning.

The police report, which was lodged by Santiago’s political secretary Jay Jay Clement Denis on behalf of 72 others, also called on Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin to have an emergency Cabinet meeting to discuss the issue as well as to urge Mr Najib to take a leave of absence pending the completion of the investigation.

“Some of the things we raised was for the deputy prime minister to call for an emergency cabinet meeting to discuss this matter and immediately ask the prime minister to go on leave pending the investigation,” Mr Denis told Malay Mail Online.

The police report also asked that Mr Najib’s bank account that was purportedly involved in the RM700 million transaction from 1MDB be immediately frozen to ensure that the monetary trail isn’t compromised.

Mr Denis added that should the police not respond to the police report in a “positive” manner, there may be further action in the form of a protest to ensure that the issue is taken seriously.

“The police report is a start but if need be, and if the police don’t come back with a positive message, we have to go on heightened measures maybe in the form of a public demonstration,” he said.

He also noted that two other police reports have also been filed in relation to Najib’s alleged embezzlement, making his the third police report to date.

On Friday, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) revealed that 1MDB investigators have discovered five separate deposits from two sources that were made into Mr Najib’s accounts, citing government documents that it claimed to have viewed.

The largest two transactions, it said, were for US$621 million (S$836 million) and US$61 million allegedly made in March 2013, shortly before the tumultuous Election 2013 in May.

A further transfer of RM42 million, purportedly made into Mr Najib’s account at the end of 2014 and the beginning of 2015, is believed to have come from SRC International Sdn Bhd, a former subsidiary of 1MDB that was in 2012 parked under the Finance Ministry that Mr Najib heads, WSJ said.

Yesterday, Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin urged four federal agencies to work together and scrutinise the allegations against the PM and stained the country’s name.

Moments after, the public prosecutor issued a statement saying a special task force was set up and began investigations the same day WSJ ran its story, adding that more documents have been taken from three companies linked to 1MDB that had been incriminated. MALAY MAIL ONLINE

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