Opposition worked with Sarawak Report to forge 1MDB documents, says BN

Barisan Nasional strategic communications director Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan says new evidence shows that opposition politicians worked with Sarawak Report to forge documents on 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). – The Malaysian Insider file pic, July 15, 2015.

Allegations have surfaced that opposition politicians worked with whistle-blower site Sarawak Report to forge documents leading to the many exposes on 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), Barisan Nasional said today.

BN strategic communications director Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan said there was "solid evidence", including an alleged video confession, provided in a police report lodged by an undisclosed person in Petaling Jaya this morning.

Abdul Rahman however refused to divulge the identity of the complainant or the contents of the video confession, supposedly made by an "editor" of Sarawak Report.

"In the video, the person mentioned the names of some opposition leaders," Abdul Rahman told reporters today.

He urged the police to work with Interpol and Scotland Yard to record statements from the individuals mentioned in the video, as some of them were British citizens, before the "evidence is destroyed".

Abdul Rahman said the details of the police report and the complainant can be revealed by the police in due course, adding that he was not willing to do so due to "professionalism" and "to be fair" to the complainant.

"The complainant showed me the evidence and I had also seen the confession video," he said.

However, he said it would be premature for the Malaysian government to drop a note to the United Kingdom over the matter.

"That would be premature, let the investigations take place first," he said.

However, he urged the cops to provide "special attention" to the latest police report made against Sarawak Report.

The London-based whistleblower site is run by Clare Rewcastle Brown, the sister-n-law of former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

The website had been at the forefront of exposes against 1MDB, including leaking supposed e-mail communications showing the money trail.

1MDB now sits on a RM42 billion debt in just six years after its formation.

An interim report by the Auditor-General was handed over to the Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) for further investigations.

A special task force comprising top civil servants is also probing allegations that some of the 1MDB funds had been transferred into Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's personal accounts ahead of the 13th general election.

- TMI