Friday 19 Apr 2024
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PUTRAJAYA (July 4): Riza Aziz, the stepson of former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak and producer of the Oscar-nominated "Wolf of Wall Street" movie, left the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) headquarters today after six hours of questioning in connection to the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) global financial scandal.

Ignoring reporters, Riza, who wore a checkered shirt and dark navy jacket, exited the anti-graft commission building slightly after 9pm, and left in a black Audi. He was accompanied by his lawyer Datuk K. Kumaraendran and one other.

He is scheduled to come back for further questioning at 10.30am tomorrow. He spent almost nine hours with the graftbusters on Monday, or a total of 15 hours over two days

Riza was also present at the Kuala Lumpur High Court today, where Najib was charged with three counts of criminal breach of trust and one count of abuse of power relating to funds amounting to RM42 million belonging to SRC International Sdn Bhd, a former subsidiary of 1MDB.

The MACC is believed to have questioned Riza over allegations his firm, Red Granite Pictures Inc, had used 1MDB funds to produce the US$100 million "Wolf of Wall Street" movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

In March, Red Granite Pictures, which also produced big-budget Hollywood films such as "Dumb and Dumber" and "Big Daddy" agreed to pay US$60 million to the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to settle a lawsuit alleging its use of illicit funds to make the movies.

Apart from the probe into Red Granite Pictures, the DOJ has also embarked on its biggest-ever Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative to claim assets worth US$4.5 billion which was allegedly embezzled from 1MDB between 2009 and 2014 and laundered globally.

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