Muhyiddin Yassin has asked Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak
whether he has forgotten the pledge he made a year ago, when urging the people
to be patient while waiting for the auditor-general's report on 1MDB.
Instead, portions of the official report had been classified
under the Official Secrets Act 1972 (OSA), said the former Umno deputy
president.
Muhyiddin said he, like other citizens, is seeking the truth
on 1MDB and wants the government to declassify the report immediately.
“This is for the people to know the actual situation on the
allegation of billions of ringgit in trade deals by the company.
“Several portions of the final auditor-general's report on
1MDB had been revealed by portal Sarawak Report the past couple of days, and
among them allegedly important information by the company.
"It includes the alleged loss of US$7 billion (RM28
billion) paid to several fake companies which do not have any business
relations with 1MDB,” he said in a statement today.
Muhyiddin noted that people have questioned the 1MDB issue
since early last year, and he had voiced his concerns to the cabinet by
suggesting that the auditor-general investigate and conduct a forensic audit.
The Pagoh MP added that the investigation was vital to
determine the actual standing of the 1MDB account and would answer all the
allegations against the company and the sitting prime minister.
He also added that, Najib had promised the
auditor-general's report on 1MDB would be announced and assured that
individuals who committed any wrongdoing would be brought to justice.
Muhyiddin quoted Najib's blog NajibRazak.com dated May 2015,
which stated:
“It is not fair for certain politicians to put the
government culpable in the court of public opinion before the actual facts are
being tabled to the rightful authorities from the auditor-general and the
Public Accounts Committee (PAC) which are deemed non-partisan... hence while
waiting for it, please stop speculations and make conclusion without the
information tabled by the auditor-general in its detailed study on the
financial affairs of 1MDB.
“If we are sincere in finding the truth to the allegation,
we need to get information from a rightful source (like the auditor-general)
and not from a news portal or third party or a blog which may have a hidden
agenda.”
Regrettably, Muhyiddin said, Najib broke his promise.
He reminded that the auditor-general began its probe in
March 2015 and the interim report was completed in June 2015, adding that the
final report was tabled to the PAC on March 2016.
Not only was the auditor-general's report not revealed to
the public, it was classified, Muhyiddin added.
“It was also classified under OSA 1972. The action to
classify the auditor-general's report as a confidential document seems strange
as the auditor-general is responsible under Article 107 of the Federal
Constitution to give the report to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
“The report is then tabled in the Dewan Rakyat. Has the
government been given more power under the Federal Constitution to hide the
report from public knowledge?” he asked.
Najib's former number two in the cabinet also questioned
whether the PM is truly sincere.
“If he is sincere and a gentleman and willing to find the
truth, he should declassify the status of the auditor-general's report on 1MDB
and table the result of the investigation for the public to see. Do not delay
or give reasons,” said Muhyiddin.
Source –MKini-
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