Najib Razak questioned again by anti-graft agency over 1MDB
16 October, 2018
Former Malaysia prime minister Najib Razak was questioned for about six hours by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on Tuesday (Oct 16), in relation to scandal-hit state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).
Najib arrived at the Putrajaya headquarters at 10am to give his statement and left around 4.30pm, an MACC source told the Bernama news agency.
"Najib has arrived to give his statement in relation to 1MDB and other cases," the source said.
This is the fifth time the former leader has been called up for questioning.
Najib left the premises via the back entrance of the building, in order to evade members of the media who were camped outside the MACC headquarters.
More than 20 reporters had been waiting at the MACC's main entrance since 9am, according to Bernama.
Najib was on Tuesday quizzed over the 2017 debt settlement between 1MDB and Abu Dhabi wealth fund IPIC.
Speaking to Channel NewsAsia later on Tuesday evening, MACC deputy chief Azam Baki confirmed that anti-graft officers have begun a fresh investigation into Najib's role in the debt settlement.
Najib was said to have been shown documentary evidence of the purported out-of-court debt settlement.
"We are looking into evidence of how the former government settled the debt with IPIC," said Azam.
On Oct 3, Najib spent about three hours at the anti-money laundering and anti-terror financing division of the police.
Malaysia's Commercial Crime Investigation Department previously said that they would again call on Najib and his wife, Rosmah Mansor, for further information to aid in investigations.
Najib is facing more than 30 charges over the suspicious transfer of money from 1MDB and its former subsidiary into his personal bank account.
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