PETALING JAYA: A Saudi Arabian source has confirmed with the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) that US$681mil (RM2.08bil) funds were channelled from the gulf nation into the personal bank account of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
The unnamed source, whom the BBC claimed to be “well-placed”, said that the payment was authorised by Saudi Arabia’s late King Abdullah and sourced from his personal finances and state funds.
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