CIMB banker fumbles, CEO frowns
(Mkini) – Malaysiakini which scrutinised Badlisyah’s claims found that there were no discrepancies in the sender’s bank address.
CIMB group chairperson Nazir Razak last night poked fun at his lieutenant Badlisyah Abdul Ghani, who is CIMB Islamic chief executive officer, for Badlisyah’s attempt to discredit banking documents purportedly showing multi-billion ringgit deposits into the prime minister’s private bank accounts.
The documents, which included Swift messages, were released by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on Tuesday to back up its report that US$700 million in public funds were purportedly deposited into Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak’s personal bank accounts.
Taking to Instagram, Nazir posted a photograph of CIMB group chief executive officer Tengku Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz showing former CIMB group chairperson Mohammed Nor Md Yusof something on his mobile phone as CIMB Islamic chairperson Syed Muhamad Syed Abdul Kadir looked on.
On a serious note, Nazir promised that action would be taken over the matter.
“Posts have been removed as it is a technical matter on which he should not be commenting.
“Our apologies, we will conduct an internal inquiry,” said Nazir, who is the prime minister’s younger brother.
Yesterday, Badlisyah raised doubts on the banking documents purportedly implicating Najib, claiming that there were discrepancies in the Swift Code and also the sender’s bank address.
