(BAHASA MALAYSIA)

Kami, rakyat Malaysia, dengan ini menolak penerangan kerajaan Barisan Nasional berkenaan wang berjumlah RM2.6 bilion yang dimasukkan ke akaun persendirian Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak yang kini dijelaskan pula sebagai derma politik dari Arab Saudi kerana memerangi ancaman ISIS dan menjadi Muslim yang baik atau menentang ancaman DAP-Yahudi. Kami rasa penerangan ini langsung tidak masuk akal.



Kami menuntut kebenaran tentang isu ini. Kami juga menuntut supaya Datuk Seri Najib, ahli-ahli dari pentadbiran dan gabungan politik beliau jangan menghalang penyambungan semula segala siasatan yang berkenaan.



(ENGLISH)

We, Malaysians, reject the BN government’s explanation that the RM2.6 billion deposited into Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak's personal accounts were political donations from Saudi Arabia for fighting IS and being good Muslims or for fighting the DAP-Jewish threat. We find this explanation ludicrous and insulting to our intelligence.



We demand to know the truth on this matter and that Datuk Seri Najib, his administration and his coalition not impede further investigations.

Timeline of events:

July 2: Sarawak Report runs a story about USD700 million (RM2.6 billion at the time) banked into PM Najib’s personal account, just before the general elections in March 2013.

July 2: Wall Street Journal runs the same story.

July 4: WSJ’s Hong Kong bureau chief Ken Brown tells US broadcaster CNBC’s Street Signs in an edited 2.43-minute phone interview that its reports were based on documents that “had been shared with the Malaysian attorney-general, with others in the government so they’ve been seen by all and also the prime minister”.

July 5: Attorney General Abdul Gani Patail advices special task force (consisting of him, the MACC, the police and Bank Negara Malaysia) to probe all aspects of the money trail.

July 7: WSJ releases the redacted documents online to back up its story.



July 8: PM’s lawyers send a letter to WSJ, asking them to confirm their claims within 14 days.



July 8: WSJ and parent company Dow Jones confirms that they stand by their story.

July 8: IGP announces they will investigate how the information was leaked to the WSJ.

July 19: MCMC confirms that the government has blocked the Sarawak Report to maintain “national stability”.

July 22: The 14 days are up. The Wall Street Journal maintains that it stands by its report. Najib’s lawyers mull their next course of action.

July 22: Tony Pua, Rafizi Ramli and The Edge owner Tong Kooi Ong banned from travelling.

July 23: The Special Task Force seeks prominent businessmen Low Taek Jho (or Jho Low), Nik Faisal Ariff Kamil and Datuk Suboh Mohd Yassin to assist in investigations but all three cannot be found.

July 24: July 24: The Home Ministry suspends the publishing permit of The Edge Financial Daily and The Edge Weekly for 3 months, starting from July 27.



July 26: DPM Muhyiddin speaks out for The Edge and raises questions about 1MDB.

July 28: PM reshuffles the cabinet, replacing DPM Muhyiddin and the A-G Abdul Gani Patail. Public Accounts Committee is suspended for two months as 4 members have been made ministers and deputy ministers.

Aug 1: Malaysian police arrests an MACC deputy public prosecutor, an ex-MACC adviser and an official from the A-G’s chambers as part of a probe into "defamatory reports" by Sarawak Report.

Aug 3: August 3: MACC issues a statement saying the RM2.6B came from donors.

Aug 4: Supreme Council member Abdul Rahman Dahlan says UMNO members are okay with the funds being in their president’s personal account.

Aug 5: MACC special operations division director Datuk Bahri Mohamad Zain vows to find out who ordered the spate of action taken against MACC officials over the 1MDB probe.



Aug 6: PM Najib’s lawyers seek legal advice to act against WSJ

Aug 7: MACC directors Datuk Bahri and Datuk Rohaizad transferred to PM’s Department

Aug 10: The transfer is cancelled. The 2 MACC directors have no comments about their transfer or reinstatement.

Aug 14: PM says as there are no laws yet on political funding, we can’t say what is right or wrong.

Aug 16: Abdul Rahman Dahlan says the special task force is illegal.

Aug 16: Kuantan Umno division chief Wan Adnan Wan Mamat claim’s the RM2.6b was from Saudi Arabia as thanks for fighting IS

Aug 18: BN Backbencher's Club (BNBBC) chairperson Shahrir Abdul says the public seems to accept the RM2.6b explanation

Aug 21: Aug 21: Special task force legal officer Jessica Gurmeet Kaur who was arrested on Aug 1, is fired from A-G’s Chambers without notice. Her police bail, her PR status and her children’s residency permits are revoked.

Aug 22: Aug 22: Sri Gading UMNO chief says the RM2.6b was given to fight DAP-Jewish threat.

Aug 22: Aug 22: Zahid Hamidi claims he met the donor’s representative who said they donated to many other friendly Muslim countries besides Malaysia.

Aug 23: PM says he prefers to explain UMNO’s political funding in private.

Aug 23: Kepong UMNO chief says Malaysia is one of the few countries free from the threat of Jews thanks to PM