Gani refuses to comment on what Muhyiddin said

Former attorney-general keeps mum on former DPM’s claim of being presented evidence about ‘criminal act’.

(FMT) – The former Attorney-General, Abdul Gani Patail, has refused to comment on a claim by Muhyiddin Yassin that he had shown the former deputy prime minister evidence of “a criminal act” in funds from a state-owned company being deposited in the prime minister’s personal bank account in 2013.

“I do not want to comment anything,” he told Malaysiakini earlier today.

This morning, Muhyiddin had said in a statement posted online that he had been “personally informed by the former attorney-general” about money from SRC International “that went into Najib’s personal bank accounts”.

SRC International was a subsidiary of the government’s investment arm 1Malaysia Development Bhd and is now fully-owned by the finance ministry.

Previous news reports had said that RM42 million had been found to have been deposited in Najib’s bank account, but the Attorney-General, Mohd Apandi Ali, had said earlier this year that Najib had no knowledge of the movement of funds.

Muhyiddin said however that Gani Patail had presented him with “evidence which clearly showed it to be a criminal act”.

Gani’s contract as attorney-general was terminated in mid-2015, and Apandi appointed in his place, after unconfirmed reports emerged online alleging that the Attorney-General’s Chambers had prepared a draft of criminal charges to be brought against Najib.

However, the deputy solicitor-general, Tun Abdul Majid Hamzah, later denied that the department had prepared or issued a draft charge.

Muhyiddin was dismissed as deputy prime minister in a Cabinet reshuffle at the time, and suspended as Umno deputy president yesterday, for his criticisms of Najib, 1MDB and the donations.