Malaysia to assist Indonesia fight forest fires – Hishammuddin

For this, the statement said, enforcement agencies and regulatory institutions such as the Police, Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, Bank Negara, Attorney-General’s Chambers and the Judiciary, as well as related government bodies, should be worthy of God’s trust and the people’s faith with transparency, credibility and integrity.

1MDB has denied wrongdoing.

Their royal highnesses said the long-prevailing inter-racial and inter-religious harmony and solidarity had been the main pillar for the stability of an independent, peaceful, progressive and prosperous Malaysia.

He added that he received a call from Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak yesterday, requesting him to coordinate with Indonesia to provide assistance in putting out the forest fires.

The rare comment by the sultans of nine states and governors of the remaining four came in a statement issued late on Wednesday, saying the government’s failure to give convincing answers on 1MDB may have resulted in a “crisis of confidence”.

John Pang, a senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of global Studies in Singapore, said Najib, who faces significant opposition from within his party, now appears more isolated. The decision had been communicated to the central bank in September, it added.

Reuters has not independently verified the report.

Domestic investigations have been essentially shut down since August after Najib replaced his attorney general and others scrutinising the affair.

The coalition, in a statement today signed by PKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang and Parti Amanah Negara president Mohamad Sabu, thanked the rulers and hoped they could lead the people on important issues.

The controversy has battered Malaysian markets with the ringgit losing a quarter of its value to become Asia’s worst-performing currency and Malaysian bonds also down. They also wanted the findings of the investigation to be reported comprehensively and in a transparent manner so the people would be convinced of the sincerity of the government which should not at all hide facts and the truth.