KUALA LUMPUR – Tan Sri Apandi Ali today accused the US Justice Department of being politically driven in its lawsuit to seize assets allegedly linked to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).
According to national news agency Bernama, the Attorney-General said the US agency would have formally contacted him if the legal action did not carry an ulterior motive.
“If they asked (for information related to 1MDB), we would have been obliged to provide assistance. So, I conclude that the action is politically tinged,” he was quoted as saying.
“The DoJ action is also believed to be based on information provided by a section from Malaysia itself.”
The DoJ is currently seeking to recover US$540 million (RM2.3 billion) in assets — including artworks, jewellery and film rights — that it alleged were purchased with misappropriated funds.
In July 20 last year, the DoJ had led a civil lawsuit seeking the forfeiture and recovery of more than US$1 billion in assets linked to what it described as an “international conspiracy to launder funds misappropriated” from 1MDB, the largest case ever brought by the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative.
Apandi previously criticised the DoJ over the latest round of lawsuits, and expressed frustration that he had not been informed prior to their announcement.
The US lawsuit had implicated several Malaysians along with international celebrities such as Australian model Miranda Kerr, who announced that she has surrendered over US$8 million in jewellery allegedly given to her by a prominent Malaysian tycoon.
– Malay mail
Assalamu alaikum warohmatullahi wabarakatu.
ReplyDeleteSaya ingin berbagi cerita siapa tau bermanfaat kepada anda bahwa saya ini seorang TKI dari johor bahru (malaysia) dan secara tidak sengaja saya buka internet dan saya melihat komentar bpk hilary joseph yg dari hongkong tentan MBAH WIRANG yg telah membantu dia menjadi sukses dan akhirnya saya juga mencoba menghubungi beliau dan alhamdulillah beliau mau membantu saya untuk memberikan nomer toto 6D dr hasil ritual beliau. dan alhamdulillah itu betul-betul terbukti tembus dan menang RM.457.000 Ringgit selama 3X putaran beliau membantu saya dan beliau juga membantu untuk melariskan usaha/dagangan saya, saya tidak menyanka kalau saya sudah bisa sesukses ini dan ini semua berkat bantuan MBAH WIRANG,saya yang dulunya bukan siapa-siapa bahkan saya juga selalu dihina orang dan alhamdulillah kini sekarang saya sudah punya segalanya,itu semua atas bantuan beliau.Saya sangat berterimakasih banyak kepada MBAH WIRANG atas bantuan nomer togel Nya. Bagi anda yg butuh nomer togel mulai (3D/4D/5D/6D) atau anda yg punya usaha ingin melancarkan usaha anda jangan ragu atau maluh segera hubungi MBAH WIRANG di hendpone (+6282346667564) & (082346667564) insya allah beliau akan membantu anda seperti saya...