Two SRC directors currently preparing for MACC interviews, Najib reveals
(Malay Mail Online) – Two directors of SRC International Sdn Bhd will soon be interviewed for a corruption probe on a RM4 billion loan taken from the Retirement Fund Inc (KWAP), Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak confirmed today.
The prime minister said in a written parliamentary reply that the duo ― Nik Faisal Ariff Kamil and Datuk Suboh Md Yassin ― are currently preparing for the interview with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), which had two months ago announced that it was seeking the aid of three individuals for its probe.
“For your information, based on the information obtained from the management of SRC International Sdn Bhd (SRC), Nik Faisal Ariff Kamil and Datuk Suboh Md Yassin are in the midst of preparing to be interviewed by the MACC soonest to facilitate MACC’s investigation.
“Therefore, the question about their positions in the company as members of the board of directors does not arise at all,” Najib said.
Najib was replying to Kulai MP Teo Nie Ching who had asked if the duo would be sacked from their posts if they refused to cooperate with the MACC.
On August 22, the MACC said in a statement that it is seeking the aid of businessman Low Taek Jho or Jho Low, SRC International’s managing director Nik Faisal and its director Suboh for its probe on the Finance Ministry-owned firm.
The trio were told to contact the investigating officers and present themselves at the MACC’s special operations division office in Menara Prisma, Precinct 3, Putrajaya.
The MACC is investigating SRC International, formerly a subsidiary of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), over a RM4 billion bond said to be sourced from KWAP.
The MACC has previously nabbed several individuals believe linked to SRC International to aid in its corruption probe.
The agency has also clarified that its probe is separate from the ongoing investigation by other agencies on 1MDB, a brainchild of Najib’s that has come under fire for racking up a reported debt of RM42 billion since its inception in 2009.
