Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has been cleared of corruption over the hundreds of millions of dollars donated to his personal bank accounts over the last few years, it has been reported.
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission have been told to close the investigation papers related to the case.
In early 2013, RM2.92bn (US$681 million) was transferred to Najib, allegedly as a gift from the Saudi Arabian royal family, according to Attorney General Mohamed Apandi Ali, quoting findings from the anti-graft agency’s investigations.
Najib gave RM2.66bn (US$620 million) of that sum back, in August that year, because it had not been spent.
Apandi concluded: “Based on the facts and evidence as a whole, I as the public prosecutor, am satisfied that no criminal offence has been committed. Today, I am here to clear the prime minister.”
Najib has always claimed that the money was for the party, to be used in their then-upcoming political campaign for the 2013 general election. He denied taking money for personal gain.
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Load of Crap
I Love PM :p
Hurray! I suddenly got inspired of the way to be billionaire in bolehland!
Government official, not corrupt? How?
You might think that but as a guest in this country, I couldn’t possibly comment.
the corrupt clearing the corrupt??
Did we expect any other outcome?
caption is wrong. should be by “AG”
LOL !!! MALAYSIA BOLEH !!!
Haha.
Lots can be done.
You waited for the verdict and then came out with your own verdict that he is ‘guilty’? Go ahead then
With a corrupted commission, what else to expect.
Swiss still has their charges pending. International courts could easily freeze his assets.
lol
It doesn’t matter what we think… People belive what the want.
There is documents that prove he paid back over 2 billion to the source
We got a daft prick as a Pm.. God save us.
When you have a THief and murderer in Power – Prime Minister… Finance Minister and Crime Minister.. What do you expect ..?? Looting the Nations coffers is the norm… The People Suffer…
What a load of bs!
Because he is the Prime minister and he is license toooooo.