US AG says ‘stolen money’, but our AG is hard of hearing

No evidence 1MDB money misappropriated, says AG

Aries46: According to US Department of Justice (DOJ), US$3.5 billion was misappropriated from 1MDB. Earlier the Swiss Office of the Attorney General (OAG) reported that up to US$4 billion could be involved.

According to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and auditor-general’s audit report on 1MDB, as much as US$7 billion are unaccounted for/not traceable.

The people generally believe there were incriminating elements in the Bank Negara and Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) probes that lead to the need to conceal the probe reports enabling the attorney-general’s decision to exonerate PM Najib Razak.

And AG Mohamed Apandi Ali claims there is no evidence of criminal misappropriation in the various investigations thus far. What further evidence does the he need? Isn’t it his job to establish the evidence, prosecute and proof the crime and put the criminals behind bars?

But the question is has Apandi the political will, integrity and courage to do the right thing? And if he has, will he be there in the first place?

Isn’t this further exemplified by his much criticised lead prosecutor role in the allegedly trumped-up Penang CM Lim Guan Eng corruption charges?

Kim Quek: No evidence of misappropriation from 1MDB? What about the US$1.03 billion siphoned illegally to Jho Low’s Good Star Limited, and the US$3.5 billion paid illegally to the bogus Aabar Investment PJS Limited, just to name a few?

The auditor-general has listed US$7 billion of investments for which 1MDB could not produce evidence of their existence. Isn’t this evidence of massive misappropriation?

1MDB owes a total of approximately RM55 billion, for which it has negligible assets to offset other than the two pieces of prime lands given to it by the government virtually for free. Where has the RM55 billion gone?

Apandi has further shamelessly alluded to the non-prosecution of any culprit as proof of 1MDB’s innocence. But does he realise that he has been ceaselessly and contemptuously castigated as the chief culprit who has frustrated all efforts to bring the alleged criminals to book?

Anonymous #40538199: US AG Loretta Lynch said, “Unfortunately and tragically, a number of corrupt officials treated this public trust as a personal bank account.”

Apandi said, “There is currently no evidence that money had been misappropriated from 1MDB.”

Who do you believe?

Gerard Lourdesamy: Apandi is talking rubbish. The Malaysian investigations were compromised from day one when the inspector-general of police (IGP) colluded in the disbanding of the task force and the sacking of Abdul Gani Patail as AG.

Both the MACC and Bank Negara became subjects of a well-orchestrated smear and intimidation campaign designed to pervert the course of justice and render these institutions impotent.

The Malaysian government gave little or no assistance to foreign regulatory or investigative bodies the moment the task force was disbanded.

The DOJ cannot name Najib in the civil suits because the assets were not acquired in his name. The crime was committed in Malaysia where key 1MDB decisions were allegedly taken on the express instructions of Najib and Jho Low.

But the AG was quick off the mark to exonerate the PM despite the PAC and the auditor-general having yet to complete their investigations.

The PAC was forced to issue a watered down report while the auditor-general’s report was unlawfully classified to hide incriminating evidence.

Hang Babeuf: This is not some minor civil action. It is a matter that involves vast sums of money, way beyond the hitherto ordinary scale of financial wrongdoing.

And it goes to the very heart of the state and to the reputability of its core institutions: the Prime Minister’s Office, the Ministry of Finance, the Attorney-General’s Chambers.

This is not just a “wait and see” matter, “let things take their legal course and meanwhile don’t prejudge” and all that.

While the case remains unresolved and the nation’s leaders continue to obfuscate and stone-wall, Malaysia is dying of shame. And the PM and those around him simply cannot or will not see it. Appalling!

Anonymous_1421806811: Be very careful, Apandi. There is such a thing called dereliction of duty. So long as MO1 (Malaysian Official 1) is in power, you are safe, but note, we all will eventually pay for our sins.

And yours is the most terrible – you have no appetite to dig and unearth the truth, which is your job.

Tan Kim Keong: Apandi said that he has yet to get any request from the DOJ to obtain evidence or information, but would be open to such cooperation.

DOJ would not make such request. DOJ would have been informed on what’s going on here in Malaysia with regards to the local investigation on 1MDB, the forced retirement of the previous AG, appointment of the current AG, removal of MACC officials including critics and ‘OSA-ing’ the auditor-general’s report on 1MDB.

Odin Tajué: When you are living in a world where cows can – and habitually – jump over the moon, pigs walk and fly about, people are oblivious to millions that often comes a-crashing into their bank accounts from mysterious sources, money changes into units, and other other-worldly occurrences are commonplace, you would understand what Apandi is talking about.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t make sense to you.

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