'AG failed to rebut claims'
Published on: Saturday, July 30, 2016
Kuala Lumpur: Attorney-General Mohamad Apandi Ali should explain why a Q&A piece on the US Department of Justice's (DoJ) claims over the 1MDB saga was taken down.DAP Parliamentary Leader and MP for Gelang Patah Lim Kit Siang said the Q&A by the Attorney-General's Chambers was uploaded onto the AGC website on Monday but had since been taken down.The DoJ has filed a civil forfeiture suit to seize over US$1 billion in assets in the United States which had allegedly been purchased using money misappropriated from 1Malaysia Development Bhd.ADVERTISEMENT Lim went on to cite the various paragraphs in the DoJ documents that identified the person called "Malaysian Official 1" and how money from 1MDB had allegedly gone into his bank account.Meanwhile, Deloitte Malaysia on Tuesday issued a statement following the US Department of Justice civil forfeiture complaint linked to 1Malaysia Development Bhd. Below is the statement in full."On July 20 2016, the Office of the Attorney General of the United States of America announced that the Department of Justice filed a civil forfeiture complaint against certain entities and individuals and contemporaneously filed related actions seeking the civil forfeiture of numerous assets held in the names of these parties (complaint). ADVERTISEMENT Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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According to the complaint filed, this is a civil action to forfeit assets involved in and traceable to an international conspiracy to launder money misappropriated from 1MDB.The complaint contains information, which, if known at the time of the 2013 and 2014 audits of 1MDB, would have impacted the financial statements and affected the audit reports and, accordingly, those audit reports issued by Deloitte Malaysia dated March 28, 2014 and Nov 5, 2014 respectively in connection with the 2013 and 2014 financial statements of 1MDB should no longer be relied upon.