MACC says contacted SRC trio, no need for Interpol help
(The Star) – Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) says it has recorded a statement from former managing director Nik Faisal Ariff Kamil (pic) in investigations into SRC International Sdn Bhd and the RM2.6bil fund.
In a statement on Thursday, the commission said it was also in touch with two others (Datuk Suboh Md Yasin and Low Teck Jho) and their statements would be recorded “in due time.”
“Thus, the MACC does not require the assistance of the police and Interpol to locate the individuals,” the statement said.
SRC International was a subsidiary of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) until it was taken over by the Finance Ministry in February 2012 via a non-cash dividend transaction worth RM1mil.
It obtained a RM4bil loan from the Retirement Fund Inc (KWAP) in 2011 but had apparently only invested some RM216mil in Mongolian energy company Gobi Coal & Energy Ltd (GCE).
This raised questions, especially among 1MDB’s most vocal detractors, was where the remaining RM3.8bil had gone.
The MACC is also investigating the RM2.6bil donations that went into the accounts of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
