Source: The Malaysian Insider

Lawyer Lim Chee Wee says the A-G’s failure to explain why he did not help MACC in investigating the prime minister will only fuel speculations of a cover-up. – The Malaysian Insider pic, January 29, 2016.
The controversy over the decision not to charge the prime minister for any wrongdoing in the RM2.6 billion donation saga continued today when a member of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s (MACC) review panel questioned why the attorney-general (A-G) did not help investigators in the probe.
Lim Chee Wee said the A-G was legally obliged to explain why he did not facilitate MACC’s request to access foreign bank statements through the Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA), to check on the money trail of the RM2.6 billion which was credited into Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s personal accounts.
This, he said, was to dispel any speculation of a cover-up.
Lim, the former Malaysian Bar president, said the A-G was also wrong to order the anti-graft body to close its investigations, adding that his power was only to decide whether to prosecute or not.
He said it was “arguable” that the A-G was legally obliged to provide assistance to MACC through MLA.
“The A-G is equally obliged in law to explain why he is not facilitating MACC’s investigations of the money trail of RM2.6 billion as disclosed by MACC in its 31 December 2015 press statement, by providing his consent for Mutual Legal Assistance which would allow MACC access to bank statements of banks operating overseas, through which the funds moved.
“Again this would help dispel the speculation of a cover-up by A-G and that the alleged donation is allegedly KWAP money,” Lim said, referring to the pension fund, in a statement today.
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