The whistleblower site Sarawak Report today made a third consecutive-day revelation about the Auditor-General’s Report on 1MDB, which had been “conditionally” presented to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and was the basis of the PAC Report on 1MDB, but which was not presented to Parliament when the PAC Report on 1MDB was tabled in Parliament on April 7, on the ground that it was still classified under the Official Secrets Act (OSA).
There have been two official responses so far to Sarawak Report’s exposes of the Auditor-General’s Report on 1MDB – the call for investigations by the Minister for Communications and Multimedia, Datuk Seri Salleh Said Keruak for breach of the OSA on the ridiculous ground that the AG’s Report on 1MDB is classified for the purpose of “national security” and the confirmation by the Deputy Home Minister and former PAC Chairman, Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamad that police are probing the Sarawak Report leak of the AG’s Report.
As DAP MP for PJ Utara and PAC Member, Tony Pua pointed out, the right thing to do at the moment is for the Auditor-General’s Report on 1MDB to be declassified and made public immediately, instead of allowing the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak and his administration to suffer the global attrition of what is left of its credibility and integrity not only among Malaysians but also internationally with the continued expose of the Auditor-General’s Report on the 1MDB about 1MDB’s global embezzlement, money-laundering and corruption.
The OSA classification of the Auditor-General’s Report on 1MDB went against the very spirit and intent of Najib’s directive in March 2015 to the Auditor-General to investigate 1MDB and submit its report to the PAC, and that the AG’s and PAC’s 1MDB Reports were meant to be final and conclusive measures in laying to rest all doubts about the 1MDB.
The very opposite has occurred – with the Auditor-General’s Report on 1MDB classified for fear that its publication would stir a hornets’ nest about 1MDB global embezzlement, money-laundering and corruption!
The question Najib and all Cabinet Ministers have to answer is whether the public release of the Auditor-General’s Report on 1MDB will lead inevitably to Najib’s departure as Prime Minister and UMNO President?
Is this the reason why Najib is fighting tooth and nail to suppress the Auditor-General’s Report on 1MDB?
In fact, had the Auditor-General’s Report on the 1MDB ever been presented to the Cabinet and studied by the Ministers?
If so, what was the Cabinet’s stand on it?
Either PAS voters vote Amanah or vast majority of Malays including UMNO hard core members can remove Najib. All Malay and national institutions and their leaders, including Hadi’s PAS are too deep in Najib’s mess to back out now.
No truth, not even confessions by Jho Low, would make any difference. Mahathir is correct, Najib has corrupt everyone, we are all corrupted.
It is unlikely that the Public release of the AG report will cause Najis to resign, unless he is also running out of cash. Najis is staying there and hanging in there purely because he has money. With his pile of cash, he buys and promises his corterie of supporters power. His supporters want money and power. The only silver lining that is in the horizon, is for all the foreign countries investigating 1MDB like USA, Switzerland, Luxemburg, Singapore, UK, Hong Kong, to freeze Najis funds. When his funds run out then he becomes susceptible. But the heavy rumour in town is that the private jet that Losimah took to Abu Dhabi, with the 12 suitcases were full of money. We can only guess how much cash is in there and how long it will last. It is all about cash, no about reports and truth.