KUALA LUMPUR, (May 21): Finance Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak today denied allegations that 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) president and group executive director Arul Kanda had obtained falsified documents that were not owned by BSI Bank in Singapore.

"Your statement (referring to the Raub MP) that Arul Kanda had obtained bank documents that was not owned by BSI Bank is not true," Najib said this in his reply to a written question that Arul Kanda had received the bank statement that does not belong to BSI.

Raub MP, Mohd Ariff Sabri Abdul Aziz had also asked Najib if 1MDB would be liable for legal action by BSI if it was a false statement and not of BSI, which meant falsification of documents.

It was reported recently that whistleblower portal Sarawak Report had been passed disturbing evidence, showing that BSI Bank has dismissed documents supplied by 1MDB relating to its Brazen Sky Limited account in Singapore, saying they are false bank statements.

The documents were supplied to various authorities by Arul Kanda and purported to show Brazen Sky’s statement of account in November 2014.

However, the Swiss private bank has told the Singapore authorities that the document did not originate from them and does not represent a true account of the assets of the 1MDB subsidiary.