Bank Rakyat account for Najib’s bail frozen, Pekan Umno leader says

(MMO) – Umno’s Datuk Zalmah Abdul Rahman said a Bank Rakyat account set up to help pay Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s RM1 million bail has been frozen.

The Pekan Wanita Umno chief told Malay Mail she learnt about the suspension at 7am today.

“Yes. This morning. It is true.

“This is Bank Rakyat. This one is only in Pekan. I don’t know about other places, but this account was opened by Pekan Umno division,” she said when contacted.

“We only opened one account and that is in Bank Rakyat,” she emphasised.

At the time of writing, Zalmah said she was still unable to bank in cash to the account.

Malay Mail understands that this is the only bank account set up for Najib’s bail fund which has been frozen.

The “official” CIMB bank account number 8601952060 under the name Kelab Belia Berkhidmat initiated by Seputeh Umno deputy division chief Datuk Mohd Razlan Muhammad Rafii to contribute to Najib’s bail money is still accessible.

Mohd Razlan who is leading a solidarity group for Najib,  opened the account for the #FreeNajib fund two days ago.

“The Kelab Belia Berkhidmat donation account for Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s solidarity fund is still operating as usual, not frozen,” Razlan posted on his Facebook around 5pm today.

Former prime minister Najib was charged on Wedneday with three counts of criminal breach of trust and one count of power abuse for personal gain over SRC International Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of his brainchild 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).

Najib was released the same day after his children paid half of the RM1 million bail amount, but must cough up the other half by next Monday.

The fund has collected RM223,908 as at 5pm yesterday.