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PETALING JAYA: Puad Zarkashi, a member of the Umno Supreme Council, asked the authorities for an update on the police reports filed against the former Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), Zeti Akhtar Aziz, and her family, for their alleged participation in the 1MDB scandal.
In a Facebook post, Puad questioned whether there was a “conspiracy” to keep the matter a secret, saying that it has been approximately two months since reports were filed against Zeti and his family.
He also asked why the Perikatan Nasional and Pakatan Harapan governments had “concealed the fact” that Zeti’s family admitted to funneling 1MDB funds into their accounts through legal statements in 2019.
Puad also urged Zeti to respond to a report yesterday that Singapore police had informed BNM of suspicious transactions involving a company owned by her husband and son, with funds coming from accounts linked to Low Taek Jho, also known as Jho Low
The Edge said that according to documents it had seen, the Department of Trade Affairs (CAD) had shared this information with the central bank in 2015 and 2016. Zeti was the governor of BNM when this information was passed on to him.
This involved suspicious funds entering the Iron Rhapsody Ltd account, which was confirmed to be owned by her husband, Dr. Tawfiq Ayman, and an unidentified son.
In December last year, Umno Youth filed a report against Zeti and his family after a blog post claiming that they had received more than RM100 million from Low, which included 1MDB funds.
According to the publication, Zeti’s relatives had allegedly executed the legal declaration in which they admitted to having received the funds from Singapore bank accounts and that they came from a company related to Low.
