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Saturday, August 22, 2015

Zahid says he met mystery Arab donor’s aides

Umno deputy president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi today said he had met with representatives of the Middle Eastern donor who paid some RM2.6 billion to Datuk Seri Najib Razak. – The Malaysian Insider file pic, August 22, 2015.Umno deputy president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi today said he had met with representatives of the Middle Eastern donor who paid some RM2.6 billion to Datuk Seri Najib Razak. – The Malaysian Insider file pic, August 22, 2015.
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said he had personally met representatives of the Middle Eastern "family" who donated US$700 million (RM2.67 billion) to Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
He said they told him the donation was to ensure Barisan Nasional (BN) and Umno won the 13th general election.
"I met with the donor's chief investment officer and I also met with the trustee of the funds," Zahid said when officiating the Sri Gading Umno division meeting in Parit Raja, Johor.
Zahid said they were helping BN because of the government's commitment to counter terrorism and maintain Malaysia's status as a Sunni country.
"Malaysia has Pota, the penal code, Sosma. We are a moderate nation, we don't want terrorists, so they appreciate our commitment," Zahid said, referring to the Prevention of Terrorism Act and the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012.
The funds were transferred into Najib's accounts in two portions: US$681 million in March 2013, and RM42 million between December 2014 and February this year
Pota however was only passed by the Dewan Rakyat in April this year.
"I asked them, any other reasons (for the donation)? Yes, because we are Sunni, we don't want other mazhab (schools of thought) that can twist us away from the sunnah (prophetic traditions)."
Zahid said the donors acknowledged that this was all a result of Najib's leadership.
However, he refused to reveal the donors' identity, simply saying that they were "a particular family from a particular country".
He said there was no point questioning their source of funds as opposition parties had similarly remained quiet about their donors.
Najib has been under pressure over the RM2.6 billion donation after it was first reported as an inflow of funds to his personal bank accounts by The Wall Street Journal on July 2.
The money was only confirmed as a donation by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) early this month, prompting questions by critics as to why Najib had not disclosed this earlier.
The news also revived debate about Malaysia's lack of political funding regulations, after Najib himself and various Umno leaders said there was nothing wrong with him as party president holding the funds in trust for the party.
Najib recently announced a national consultative committee headed by Datuk Paul Low, the minister in charge of governance and integrity, to draw up an action plan to regulate political donations for use ahead of the next general election in 2018.
- TMI

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