Now two latest items from themalaysianinsider.com:~~
Umno Supreme Council never told of RM2.6 billion, says
Shafie Apdal
BY MOHD FARHAN DARWIS
Published: 8 August 2015 7:11 PM
UMNO vice-president Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal
says the Supreme Council was never told of the political donations to the prime
minister. – The Malaysian Insider pic by Seth Akmal, August 8, 2015.Only the
Cabinet was informed about the RM2.6 billion political donation to Datuk Seri
Najib Razak's personal bank accounts, Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Shafie
Apdal said, adding that the Supreme Council however, was not informed on the
matter.
He said to his knowledge, the donation was never brought up in any Supreme
Council meetings.
"For as long as I have been in the Supreme Council, we were never
told," he told reporters after opening the Umno Parit Sulong division
meeting in Johor today.
"We were only recently told at about it during the
Cabinet meeting," said Shafie, who was recently dropped as a minister in a
Cabinet reshuffle after he had openly questioned Najib's handling of
debt-ridden 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).
Shafie's remarks echo those of Umno Supreme Council member Tan Sri Shahrir Samad member
who said separately that the party's highest decision-making body had never
asked about political donations going to the trustee accounts held by its
president or treasurer, nor were its members ever briefed on such matters.
Shahrir had said that this was the case since the administration for
former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who was also the then Umno president.
The RM2.6 billion that went to Najib's accounts was first reported by The
Wall Street Journal on July 2, which cited information from government
investigators probing into 1MDB.
Najib denied taking funds from 1MDB for personal use but did not address
the transfers to his accounts.
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has now said the money was
not from 1MDB but was a donation instead, from a Middle Eastern donor whose
identity it withheld.
Najib and some of his supporters in Umno have since said that there was
nothing wrong in him holding political donations in trust for the party as its
president.
Shafie today said that alleged wrongdoing involving 1MDB had stirred
unease among the Umno grassroots, some of whom were confused over the matter.
He again called for clear answers and a solution to ending the troubles of
the debt-ridden fund, which had caused Umno and the government to suffer a loss
of credibility. Najib is also finance minister and chairman of 1MDB's advisory
board.
"It's not that we want to sound like the opposition, but we are
speaking up and giving our views for the sake of strengthening the Umno that we
love," he said.
Shafie, as well as Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, were removed from the Cabinet
by Najib in a move seen as an attempt to silence criticism from within over
1MDB. – August 8, 2015.
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DESIDERATA: ONLY one comment, cun? -- that it is an OFFENCE for the money to be transferred into NAJIb's personal accounts. Nobody would query it it was transferred to the UMNO'S trustees account IF IT WAS DONE LEGALLY eg POLITICAL DONATION AND NOR BRIBERY!(as ex-PM DR MAHAthir MOHAmad had stated, he and party tresurer were the official TRUSTEES and that NOT A SINGLE SEN WAS TRANSFFRED INTO HIS (DR M"S) PERSONAL ACCOUNT! -- YL, Desi
DESIDERATA: ONLY one comment, cun? -- that it is an OFFENCE for the money to be transferred into NAJIb's personal accounts. Nobody would query it it was transferred to the UMNO'S trustees account IF IT WAS DONE LEGALLY eg POLITICAL DONATION AND NOR BRIBERY!(as ex-PM DR MAHAthir MOHAmad had stated, he and party tresurer were the official TRUSTEES and that NOT A SINGLE SEN WAS TRANSFFRED INTO HIS (DR M"S) PERSONAL ACCOUNT! -- YL, Desi
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MACC external panel chief demands transferred duo be
reinstated
Published: 8 August 2015 7:39 PM
MACC consultation and prevention panel
chairman Tan Sri Johan Jaafar says the sudden transfer of two
senior officers will add to public distrust. – Photo courtesy of um.edu.my
Another Malaysian Anti-Corruption
Commission's (MACC) external oversight panel has joined the chorus of voices
demanding Putrajaya immediately rescind the transfer orders of two senior
officers at the agency.
Expressing his shock at the news of the transfer, MACC consultation and
prevention panel chairman Tan Sri Johan Jaafar said the sudden transfer of the officers
will further fuel tensions and distrust.
"The transfer will raise more questions than answers
and it will create more suspicions and conspiracy theories, " he said in a
statement today.
Johan is also the independent non-executive chairman of
Media Prima Berhad, an Umno linked company.
MACC's director (special operations) Datuk Bahri Mohamad
Zin and strategic communications director Datuk Rohaizad Yaakob were issued
their transfer orders late yesterday.
They were to report to the Prime Minister's Department on Monday.
Earlier today, a member of MACC's operations review panel, Lim Chee Wee,
also called for the transfers to be reversed.
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/reverse-transfer-orders-of-macc-men-says-anti-graft-oversight-panel-member
Bahri had been vocal against the police over their actions in their probe
into who allegedly leaked classified government documents on the 1MDB
investigation.
It is understood that he and Rohaizad were both transferred for their
“hard hitting” statements following the police raids and arrests of MACC
officers.http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/2-macc-directors-in-1mbd-probe-transferred-to-pms-department
Rohaizad had been present to receive a visit by opposition politicians to
MACC headquarters on Thursday, and Special Branch officers had been there to
"profile" the key MACC officers who had met the group.
MACC deputy chief commissioner (operations) Datuk Seri Mohd Shukri Abdull
has asked Putrajaya to reinstate the two men and as a trade off, take him
instead.
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/return-my-officers-immediately-take-me-instead-says-maccs-no.-2
The sudden transfer has been criticised by many Malaysians, from civil
society members to opposition leaders and even ministers.
Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin slammed the move, saying that the
sudden transfer in the midst of a probe is "strange" and
"disappointing" and urged authorities to let MACC to carry out its
duties.
Johan today said the panel praised Shukri for offering
himself but stressed that while such move was commendable, it was unnecessary.
– August 8, 2015.
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