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PKR wants independent inquiry against Najib, willing to seek audience with king

KUALA LUMPUR — Opposition leader Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said her party will push for an independent inquiry into allegations that Prime Minister Najib Razak had huge sums of money transferred into his personal bank accounts.

Opposition leader Wan Azizah Wan Ismail says Prime Minister Najib Razak must answer allegations that huge sums of money had been channelled into his personal bank accounts. Photo: The Malay Mail Online

Opposition leader Wan Azizah Wan Ismail says Prime Minister Najib Razak must answer allegations that huge sums of money had been channelled into his personal bank accounts. Photo: The Malay Mail Online

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KUALA LUMPUR — Opposition leader Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said her party will push for an independent inquiry into allegations that Prime Minister Najib Razak had huge sums of money transferred into his personal bank accounts.

The Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) president said if necessary, the party would seek an audience with the king to discuss mechanisms to enable the inquiry to take place.

She said Mr Najib now had no choice but to answer the allegations and declare his assets after Malaysians were shocked by reports in the Wall Street Journal and whistleblower site Sarawak Report today (July 3), which alleged large amounts of money had been transferred into his accounts.

“The prime minister has no other option and must wait no longer. He must issue an immediate, specific and credible response to these very serious allegations.

“The prime minister must also declare his assets publicly in a sworn statement,” Dr Wan Azizah said in a statement this afternoon.

Business daily The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported earlier today that government investigators probing state investment firm 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) had found that billions of ringgit were channelled into Mr Najib’s personal accounts.

Sarawak Report, which has been making exposes about 1MDB, carried a similar report on the allegation.

The troubled investment company in a statement today denied ever giving funds to Mr Najib and added it was “highly irresponsible” of the media outlets to suggest that.

The Prime Minister’s Office in a statement today called the report “political sabotage”, adding that WSJ's expose was the work of “certain individuals” to undermine confidence in the economy, tarnish the government and remove a democratically elected prime minister.

The PMO also told local media not to accept such documents as genuine unless verified by appropriate authorities after the Malaysian online media quoted the WSJ expose and the report by Sarawak Report. THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER

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