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KUALA LUMPUR: The claim by prime minister Najib Razak that the RM2.6 billion he received a donation from Saudi Arabia to the United States, to form a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Abu Kassim Mohamed said today.
Kassim, who now heads the National Center for Governance, Integrity and Anti-Corruption (GIACC), said that it was impossible to confirm that the RM2.6 billion was donated.
"Maybe at that particular time, in the preliminary investigation, it could have been the case.
"But when the investigation progressed, especially after I went to the US and met the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Justice (DoJ), we found the money was not a donation," he told reporters on the sidelines. a conference on anti-corruption here today.
The MACC had on Aug 3, 2015 also said that the RM2.6 billion did not originate from 1MDB and that the case had been forwarded to the Attorney-General's Chambers.
Two days later, the MACC again issued another statement to the RM2.6 billion and SRC International Sdn Bhd was still ongoing.
When asked to comment on the 2015 statement, Kassim said the statement was issued based on information at the time.
"At that particular time, the letter is a donation, but the probe progressed, when we are in the FBI and DoJ, we discovered the truth," he said.
It is said that the RM2.6 billion was not a donation, Kassim said "the short case will reveal the truth".
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Ahmed Al-Jubeir had affirmed that Saudi Arabia had nothing to do with the donation.
However, in 2016, while attending the 13th Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Summit in Istanbul, Turkey, Adel was reported as saying the Najib came from Saudi Arabia.
"We are aware of the donation and it is really a donation expecting nothing in return. We are also aware that the Attorney-General of Malaysia has conducted a thorough investigation into the matter and found no misconduct.
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