Anonymous #37634848: If they can take out such a big amount of money without BNM approval, why do they need approval to bring it back? After all, Najib is the finance minister and he is boss of BNM.

David: The money is parked in Singapore in order to by-pass certain regulations required by Bank Negara?

Doesn’t this sound like something illegal is going on behind Bank Negara’s back. This smells of a rotting rat.

I bet my last dollar that this is another lie and that the billions of ringgit are in actual fact gone. If the money is there, why else would there be a need to borrow from tycoon Ananda Krishnan to pay its (1Malaysia Development Berhad) debts?

Anonymous #44199885: So what is the problem in getting Bank Negara approval? Since this involves bringing back the money, why would Bank Negara object?

The reason for parking money in Singapore does not make any sense. Has the minister shown the funds in its account and the money is freely transferable to Malaysia, or is it to be sent back out again to another destination, or it is sitting in the bank only temporarily and must be remitted back to remitter of funds later?

Slumdog: The Finance Ministry under the responsibility of the PM has openly admitted that it has deposited the RM4 billion into BSI Bank Limited in Singapore.

This is to intentionally circumvent Bank Negara’s more stringent regulations for transactions above RM50 million.

This is a blatant disregard of the policy of the nation’s premier bank and possibly a breach of its regulations. So what is Bank Negara doing about this? Absolutely nothing?

Nitendo: Clearly stated, they used Singapore bank “to smoothen the transaction” due to strict regulation from BNM. Yet some people continue to condemn the decision taken by government.
NewMalaysia: This is the biggest joke of the day and it’s not even April’s Fool yet.

If 1MDB is a legitimate company set up in Malaysia by the Finance Ministry, why can’t it get approval from BNM to bring its money back?

Odin: Since the Finance Ministry – which is, of course, headed by Najib – has said that the decision to use a bank in Singapore was made in order to circumvent Bank Negara’s regulations, it proves beyond all reasonable doubt that Najib did indeed approve (as per Jho Low’s correspondence with Patrick Mahony) the injection of massive funds into the phoney joint venture contrived to siphon off money to Jho Low’s company, Good Star.

It may be that the claim made by the Finance Ministry is without substance – meaning, the money said to be parked in Singapore does not exist.

The claim was made merely to answer the question as to where the money is. The ministry does not want to tell where it really is, and it is unlikely that anyone can check with the banks in Singapore as to the veracity of the claim and get an answer.

Vijay47: I don’t believe this. Is the Finance Ministry actually saying that an agency owned by the Malaysian government “parked” its funds in Singapore so as to get around Bank Negara procedures and restrictions?

This must be the first time that people openly, publicly, and proudly announce how they circumvent the law.

ACR: Zeti Akhtar Aziz is a class A central banker voted by Global Finance Magazine as one of only five or six A-rated heads of central banks in the world for three consecutive years.

Not surprisingly, our monetary policy management is excellent. Malaysia’s economic malaise stems from fiscal policy, specifically not paying enough attention to our supply side, which is the key to becoming a high-income nation.

But BNM is also a regulator of financial institutions and intermediaries and is currently being tested by 1MDB. RHB and AmBank’s exposure to 1MDB was a stressful point till the loans were settled last month.

BSI is a Swiss Bank. What didn’t 1MDB declare to BNM when it transferred funds to PetroSaudi? These Cayman monies are from that source I believe.

Anonymous #21828131: I did smell a rat some time ago, now the rat is being stewed. What an idiotic explanation.

Was it repatriated to the Caymans the same way to beat the system imposed by BNM, and BNM did nothing and did not know anything?

This fatty and his sidekicks must be at the bottom of things. More information for you, MACC. But I don’t think you will find it useful. After all, you have given up on this before it even started.

J Yeoh: I am curious. If IMDB has RM4 billion, what is the need to borrow RM2 billion to pay its debts?

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