MACC wants PM to explain donations

A spokesman for the Prime Minister’s office could not immediately be reached for comment. “This may be the historic moment that, finally, sparks the movement for true unity in our land”.

“People are concerned about putting food on the table, which simply means cost of living, affordable housing, employment, government services and so on”, he said when addressing the monthly assembly of the Prime Minister’s Department here.

Although Muhyiddin has pledged not to fuel a new crisis within Umno, which last experienced a deep schism in 1998 when Dr Mahathir sacked Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as his deputy, his tone has been far from reconciliatory following his sudden removal.

Human Rights Watch called on U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who arrives in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday for ASEAN meetings, to raise the topic with Najib.

These leaders, he stressed, should not allow those who steal and plunder the nation’s wealth to get away.

The police took action after The Wall Street Journal’s report last month, which allegedly cited documents from Malaysian investigators showing that US$700 million (S$956 million or RM2.6 billion) had been deposited in Prime Minister Najib Razak’s personal bank accounts.

“You have to understand two things here… investigations and leakages of highly confidential documents are different issues, so there is no need for police to interfere in their investigations on 1MDB”, said Noor Rashid in a press a conference at the Federal police headquarters today. “They should stand together on stage in a show of unity to save Malaysia”, said Zaid.

His lawyer Datuk Mohd Hafarizam Harun said this was in light of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s statement which contradicts the publisher’s suggestion the money came from 1MDB’s coffers. “Nothing is more urgent than the rakyat showing the courage to assemble the way people power in the Philippines brought Ferdinand Marcos to book and how everyday Indonesians rallied against Suharto”. “They appear to be interested only in cover-ups and have redefined everything from corruption to “activities detrimental to parliamentary democracy” to suit themselves”.

Zaid pointed out that even The Myanmar Times wrote a scathing editorial about the situation in Malaysia at present.

“We should be ashamed that Myanmar, a country that has lived for over 50 years under military dictatorship, feels it necessary to warn us about our impending loss of good governance and democracy”, Zaid added.