Malaysian Prime Minister cleared of graft case; Anti- corruption agency appeals for reinvestigation

Malaysian Anti- Corruption Commission will appeal to have another review of the investigation results over Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak's graft and corruption case.

Last year, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was accused of graft and corruption case as a $681 million was seen deposited to his personal bank account. From the investigation result of Attorney General Mohamed Apandi Ali, the fund was given by Saudi Arabia's royal family as a personal donation.

Malaysian Anti- Corruption Commission was not satisfied with the decision of the attorney general to close the case against Prime Minister Najib Razak. The agency wants to appeal to have an extended investigation and have another group of independent government jury to review the results objectively. It was alleged that the Prime Minister replaced some of his critics within his colleagues with loyalists and had the attorney general who was investigating his case back then discharged of duty. 

The Prime Minister had expressed both his relief over the attorney general's decision to close his case and dissatisfaction over the anti- corruption agency's appeal to reinvestigate. The graft case was said to be the worst issue against the Prime Minister's ruling. A lot of rallies along the Malaysian streets had occured since last year because of the said issue.

The anti- corruption agency had called its appeal a normal procedure that should not be interpreted as a rejection to the decision to close the case. Yahoo News reported that opposition lawmaker, Lim Kit Siang, believed that the anti- corruption agency called its appeal a normal procedure due to the pressure from the government itself.

She had also stated that with this statement from the agency, it only showed that the Malaysian Anti- Corruption Commission had recommended for some actions to be taken by the authorities against the prime minister but was rejected. 

As the Prime Minister's graft case was ruled closed by the Malaysian attorney general, his opposition together with the Malaysian Anti- Corruption Commission still seek the truth behind his almost $700 million fund allegedly donated by the Saudi Arabian royal family.

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