Zeti turned down ex-PM’s request after news broke of RM2.6bil deposit


PETALING JAYA: A day after news broke that RM2.6bil went into the personal account of the former prime minister, Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz (pic) was called in to help clear his name.

Zeti, who was the Bank Negara governor then, said that Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak requested for her to issue a statement on July 3, 2016, stating that he had done nothing wrong and she refused.

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