PETALING JAYA, Malaysia - Claims that 1MDB funds were transferred to Datuk
Seri Najib Tun Razak's personal accounts is "political sabotage,"
says the Prime Minister's Office (PMO).
The Wall Street Journal and the Sarawak Report published
articles on Friday claiming that almost US$700mil (RM2.63bil) of 1MDB funds had
been transferred into the Prime Minister's personal accounts.
"Despite the Prime Minister's successful stewardship
of Malaysia's economy against global headwinds - as recognised this week by
Fitch's upgrade - there have been concerted efforts by certain individuals to
undermine confidence in our economy, tarnish the Government, and remove a
democratically elected Prime Minister.
"These latest claims, attributed to unnamed
investigators as a basis to attack the Prime Minister, are a continuation of
this political sabotage," the PMO said in a statement on Friday.
It said that the criminal leaking of documents, doctoring and
extortion have taken place to "mislead the media and public".
"So it is incumbent on responsible members of the media
not to accept documents as genuine unless verified by the appropriate
authorities," it said.
The Prime Minister's Office also noted that 1MDB had already
stated that the company never provided funds to the Najib in a statement that
was released earlier on Friday.
Source: The Star
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