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(Sept 14) Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has hit out at the police for not mentioning that he had refunded RM2.6 billion and that some US$200 million came from the Saudi Arabian Finance Ministry and Prince Faisal bin Turkey bin Al Saud.

In his latest Facebook post, Najib said he noticed that the police had issued a statement that RM2.9 billion had gone into his personal account.

"However, I found they did not state that I had refunded the RM2.6b and did not mention that at least US$200 million was from the Ministry of Finance of Saudi Arabia and from Prince Faisal bin Turkey bin Al Saud," he wrote.

In his post, Najib also hit out at veteran DAP leader Lim Kit Siang for commenting on the wrong case.

Today, Lim issued a statement saying that Najib had taken the unprecedented step of conducting a pre-trial defence through the media.

Lim said Najib resorted to the “most novel and unbelievable” claim that the US$681 million (RM2.6 billion) in his personal accounts were "contingency funds" from the king of Saudi Arabia, channelled through what he claimed was one of the latter's companies, Tanore Finance Corporation.

“This is a most peculiar time for Najib to come out with such a novel defence – when the Malaysian public can easily find answers to the 1MDB conundrum through two books available in the bookshops,” Lim said.

Najib responded: "For Kit Siang's information, I was charged in connection with SRC and not 1MDB and I am confident of being able to defend myself in this case.

"Hence, I have the right to defend myself and to explain the allegations against me on the 1MDB issue.

"Recently, I challenged Kit Siang to acknowledge that he knew I had returned the RM2.6b but Kit Siang chose not to answer.

"Yesterday I uploaded documents from banks showing the RM2.6 billion had been returned to the same source that sent it.

"When will Kit Siang and PH leaders admit that I did not rob, steal and keep the RM2.6b in my pocket to buy rings and handbags?"

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