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PETALING JAYA: Najib Razak has questioned Zeti Akhtar Aziz’s denial tonight that she and her family had received funding from 1MDB, adding that the former Governor of Bank Negara’s response “was not to be trusted.”
In a Facebook post, the former prime minister said Zeti had been unable to deny that her family received funds from fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho, better known as Jho Low.
Najib also said that he did not contest that the legal statements (SD) were false.
Zeti also did not mention whether the Singapore authorities took action against his family for the funds linked to 1MDB.
“And you don’t mention if Cutting Edge Industries Ltd belongs to your family?”
Recently, the MalaysiaToday portal, run by blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin, claimed that some of Zeti’s family members, including her husband and children, had received more than RM100 million in funding from Jho Low, the mastermind behind the 1MDB scandal. .
According to the publication, Zeti’s relatives allegedly executed a legal statement (SD) admitting to having received millions in Singapore bank accounts, and the money came from a company linked to Jho Low.
Tonight, Zeti denied receiving sums of money from 1MDB and said the allegations against her and her family were “completely false and malicious.”
It also said that matters related to the state investment arm have been fully and thoroughly investigated by the relevant authorities. However, Zeti said she could not comment further because she was a potential witness in Najib’s ongoing criminal trial.
“But you can’t trust his official statement,” Najib wrote.
The Pekan deputy said that immediately after the last general election, Zeti denied claims that she knew of 2.6 billion ringgit entering her personal bank account in 2013.
“But how can a Bank Negara governor not know when billions in foreign funds were remitted to a bank account in the prime minister’s name when such a large transaction needs approval from the central bank.”
Najib also said that a former Ambank manager testified in SRC International proceedings that he had met with Zeti several times and provided him with documents related to his banking transactions.
