This article first appeared in The Edge Financial Daily, on October 23, 2015.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) yesterday denied it denounced the authenticity of an alleged charge sheet against Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and a diagram of fund flows into his personal accounts that was published in a news portal.

The MACC said its Aug 3 statement had not touched on the charge sheet nor the fund flows diagram, as claimed by finance ministry-owned SRC International Sdn Bhd on Wednesday.

“MACC denies the claims by SRC International in its media statement. This is a false claim as MACC did not release any statement about the draft charge issue and the fund flows diagram that SRC International had claimed,” MACC director of investigations Datuk Azam Baki said in a statement yesterday.

 “MACC wants to remind SRC International and other parties to not, in any way, link MACC’s name in their media statements as this can confuse the public.”

SRC International on Wednesday denied allegations that it misappropriated a RM4 billion loan from Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan) [KWAP], saying this resulted in negative financial and reputational repercussions for its business and the government in an attempt to politically undermine both.

“We call on those quarters who are engaged in efforts to overthrow the government to desist from involving SRC in their political campaign, and to avoid making false and unsubstantiated allegations against us,” said SRC, which was a former subsidiary of 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

The statement was in response to reports carried by news portal Malaysiakini and whistle-blower website Sarawak Report which published an alleged charge sheet against Najib and a diagram of alleged fund flows into his accounts, saying that a RM4 billion loan obtained by SRC International from KWAP had been misappropriated.

“In the interest of full disclosure, we ask the good office of the attorney-general to conduct a full investigation into these claims and the alleged charge sheet published by Sarawak Report and the fund flow diagram published by Malaysiakini.

“We ask that the parties responsible for these fabrications be identified, given that their authenticity was denied by the MACC on Aug 3,” SRC International said.

Azam said yesterday that investigations into SRC International were still ongoing, and urged the former 1MDB subsidiary to cooperate by asking its two top leaders to come forward to assist in the probe.

“If Nik Faisal Arif Kamil (SRC International managing director) and Datuk Suboh Md Yasin (SRC International director), whom MACC needs to complete its investigations, are still serving as SRC International directors, it is proper for SRC International to order the two to come forward to testify,” he said.

In a parliamentary written reply yesterday, Najib said the two SRC International executives will be interviewed by MACC “the soonest”.

On Aug 22, MACC issued notices to the duo, along with billionaire Low Taek Jho, to come forward and assist it in the ongoing probe into some RM42 million channelled into Najib’s personal bank accounts.

Following the notice, Low contacted MACC and stated his willingness to cooperate with the authorities.

In July, the Immigration Department issued a travel ban on Nik Faisal, while Suboh was reported missing. Nik Faisal’s last known address is Alam Impian, Shah Alam while Suboh’s is Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Kuala Lumpur. — The Malaysian Insider