副首相拿督斯里阿末扎希博士說,美國當局不曾提出要調查一個馬來西亞發展有限公司(1MDB)的問題。
他說,他會見了美國聯邦調查局及中央情報局高級官員及國務卿克里,沒有人提起調查1MDB的事件。
阿末扎希目前在美國官訪。
《新海峽時報》今日報道,他們當中沒有一個人提到1MDB的問題。
該報指出,扎希相信有關指美國聯邦調查局調查1MDB事件,只是「政治手段」。
以下是有關指美國聯邦調查局調查1MDB事件。
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美國聯邦調查局(FBI)據報已對一馬發展公司(1MDB)展開洗黑錢調查。
據《亞洲華爾街日報》引述匿名消息指出,目前調查範疇仍不詳。
該報導是引述一名據知是熟知內情的消息,不過聯邦調查局及1MDB皆無法取得聯絡來回應此事。
巫統峇都加灣區部前副主席拿督凱魯丁在本月18日(上周五)原訂于飛往美國向FBI投報首相兼財政部長拿督斯里納吉帳戶有可疑現金流,然而被移民局先發制人禁止出境。
凱魯丁是在前首相敦馬哈迪的前特別助理鄭文傑律師的陪同下,已到到海外舉報納吉,他曾向瑞士、英國、法國、新加坡以及香港執法單位報案,瑞士與香港已展開調查。
若是此消息屬實,美國是第三個對1MDB展開調查的國家。
翌天凱魯丁被警方逮捕,更獲准延扣6天,而警方禁止凱魯丁出國的理由是基於凱魯丁呈交給法國與瑞士當局的文件內容不實。
納吉也是1MDB顧問局主席,不過他及該公司已多次否認動用任何資金。
而面對凱魯丁奔走海外投報的做法,城市和諧、房屋與地方政府部長拿督阿都拉曼達蘭在8月21日時曾批評凱魯丁莫名其妙,竟然要求他國的執法單位干預大馬的課題。
「瑞士的司法機構怎可能比大馬的更有權力?要求外國插手是不可思議的,難道這意味著大馬還被殖民著?」
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Traffic passes a 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) billboard at the Tun Razak Exchange development in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 6, 2015.
Reuters/Olivia Harris/Files
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has launched an investigation into allegations of money-laundering at troubled Malaysian state fund 1MDB, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday citing an unidentified source.
The scope of the investigation into the debt-laden 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) was not clear, said the newspaper, which cited "a person familiar with the matter".
Neither the FBI nor 1MDB responded to a request for comment.
The reported FBI investigation comes shortly after a former member of Malaysia's ruling party was arrested just before traveling to the United States where he planned to make a police complaint and urge U.S. authorities to look into the allegations of money-laundering at 1MDB.
1MDB's advisory board is chaired by Prime Minister Najib Razak. The fund has been dogged by controversy over its $11 billion debt and alleged financial mismanagement.
A series of international investigations are underway as the scandal surrounding the fund widens.
Swiss authorities said this month they had frozen funds in Swiss banks amid investigations into 1MDB. Hong Kong authorities also said they were investigating a complaint related to the firm.
The WSJ had reported in July that investigators looking into 1MDB had found that nearly $700 million was transferred into the personal bank account of Najib.
The prime minister has denied taking money from 1MDB or anywhere else for personal gain.
Malaysia's anti-graft agency declared the funds a donation.
Najib has faced unprecedented criticism from within his ruling party, in particular form veteran former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who has called on Najib to step down.
Both anti-government and pro-government protesters have taken to the streets in recent weeks, raising concern about political stability.
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