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17 August 2015:
Xavier Andre Justo, accused of leaking information about 1MDB — has been sentenced to three years’ jail for attempting to blackmail his former employer, PetroSaudi International, reports The Star Online: http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2015/08/17/Justo-sentenced-Thailand/
13 August 2015:
Mrs. Zeti Akhtar Aziz, the governor of Malaysia’s central bank, says the bank has completed its investigation of 1Malaysia Development Berhad and has submitted its report to the new Attorney General.
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10 August 2015:
Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad, former PM of Malaysia, makes a posting on his blog, chedet.cc :
“The 2 billion Ringgit plus for elections is absurd. I needed less than 10 million for each of the five elections I presided over and I won them all with more than 2/3 majority. Why do you need 2.6 billion plus or 2600 million Ringgit. Is it to bribe politicians and civil servants, or to rig the elections. That would not be right , much less legal.”
“Arabs are generous, but not that generous. I could not raise even a single dollar from them for the Malaysian International Islamic University or for the Oxford Islamic Centre. This claim that Arabs donated billions is what people describe as hogwash or bullshit. Certainly I don’t believe it and neither can the majority of Malaysians if we go by the comments on the social media. The world had a good laugh.”
“Najib is now safe from being charged with illegally amassing funds. His claim that it is to be used for the coming elections is half-true. He had always said that cash is king. With the huge funds at his disposal he would be in a position to bribe his way to victory. He may also use the money to rig the election.”
“Democracy is dead. It is dead because an elected leader chooses to subvert the institutions of Government and make them his instruments for sustaining himself. There is no more democracy for anyone to undermine. Certainly talking about 1MDB will not undermine something that no longer exist. If anyone should be questioned by the police, it is Najib.”
9 August 2015 :
Responding to the challenge by Prime Minister Najib Razak to reveal donors to the party, Lim Guan Eng, secretary-general of the DAP has offered to show the sources of the party’s political funding at the next state congress.
