Attorney-General Abdul Gani Patail has dismissed reports claiming that the special taskforce froze three bank accounts belonging to Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.

However, he did not elaborate on the matter.

Gani was responding to news reports, including in Malaysiakini, quoting sources familiar with the investigations that three of the six accounts frozen were the prime minister's.

The accounts were frozen to facilitate investigations into the alleged transfer of RM2.6 billion of 1MDB-linked funds into Najib's accounts.

Last week, The Wall Street Journal reported the issue citing information from Malaysian investigators.

Meanwhile, Gani also expressed concern over insinuations and allegations that have been made linking him to a certain political agenda.
He stressed that the whole purpose of establishing an inter-agency special taskforce to investigate the matter was to ensure that there could be no abuse of the investigation mechanism.

The attorney-general also warned those involved in the investigation against leaking confidential information.

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