Is Dato Seri Razali Ibrahim involved in the 1MDB probe so much so that he is in a position to speak on its dealings and the purchase of the Equanimity? (www.malaysiakini.com/news/414529)
He is the minister in charge of the MACC and its affairs.
On 17th June last year, MACC chief Tan Sri Dzulkifli Ahmad said MACC is not probing 1MDB and that that was being done by other agencies, namely the police.
On 31st October last year, the Attorney General announced that he was reopening the 1MDB probe and directed the police to conduct further investigations into the matter.
In a reply to Petaling Jaya Utara Member of Parliament Tony Pua on 2nd November last year, the Minister of Home Affairs, Dato Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the police have carried out investigations as instructed by the Attorney General and have referred the investigation paper back to the Attorney Generals chambers.
So how is Razali in a position to speak of the Equanimity and 1MDB’s dealings with it if any, when the probe into it is conducted by the police and their finding’s yet to be announced?
To my mind, Razali should focus on his portfolio and on matters related to the MACC. Perhaps he can tell us what has become of the probe into video clips involving a senior MACC official in Bali which seems to have gone silent now.
Was there an internal probe carried out by the MACC and what became of it? And there was a police investigation into the matter. What happened to that?
He should also explain what has become of Ops Gopi which saw the press widely reporting raids, arrests and the recovery of monies by the MACC which reports gripped the nation. What has become of that probe? Why the silence?
Back to the Equanimity, I urge Razali to advise the Attorney General to take steps to work with the Indonesian police and other relevant authorities in order to investigate the yacht because that may lend leads which may help our probe into 1MDB.
The Attorney General’s position that we ought not to care because the yacht doesn’t belong to Malaysia is most unreasonable. Such a stand defies logic as one would have expected the Attorney General to take great interest in the seizure and the contents if the yacht. This stand surely cannot augur well for the MACC if it wants to improve its ranks when it comes to the global fight against corruption.