Najib: MACC must establish source of fund in civil forfeiture suit

KUANTAN: Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak says the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has to establish where the money came from in the 1MDB civil forfeiture suit.

The Pekan MP said it could be seen that the source was foreign even in the proceedings of the SRC International case.

"In the SRC case, a large chunk of money actually came from the Saudi Ministry of Finance, as well as donations from princes.

"We cannot assume everything is 1MDB money," Najib said after visiting the Teluk Chempedak beach here Saturday (June 22) in response to the MACC's announcement the day before that it aimed to recover RM270mil misappropriated from 1MDB.

It named 41 individuals, political parties, trust funds and business entities said to have received monies from Najib's personal AmBank account.

According to Najib, those who received the money should not be blamed.

"They didn't know the source of the money. Like myself, I didn't know the source as well when I received it.

"The key element in this whole thing is knowledge.

"Now, it has to go through the process and we have to let the court decide," he said.

When asked about the various Umno state liaison committees, as well as Pekan Umno, being "implicated", Najib said: "Not implicated. That's part and parcel of receiving donations.

"Let them establish the facts first," he said.