Source: The Malaysian Insider

At least two present laws presume it a corruption for any public official to receive money in his personal accounts, panellists say at a forum in Petaling Jaya last night. – The Malaysian Insider pic by Kamal Ariffin, February 18, 2016.
There is a clear cut case of corruption when Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak received the RM2.6 billion donation, as public officials are not supposed to receive gratuity, a forum was told last night.
Under at least two present laws, a public official who receives money in his personal accounts is presumed to have received it for corrupt purposes, said two prominent lawyers Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan and Hanipa Maidin.
In Najib’s case, the Umno president did not voluntarily declare the RM2.6 billion when it was put into his personal accounts in March 2013, more than a month before the 13th general election, said Hanipa, who is also Sepang MP. Read more →