KUALA LUMPUR: Former attorney general Tan Sri Tommy Thomas has declared that he would have never agreed to the deal which saw film producer Riza Abdul Aziz getting a discharge from money laundering charges involving US$248mil (RM1.25bil) linked to the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) fund.
“Let me state publicly that I would have never sanctioned this deal. I would have lost all credibility in the eyes of the people of Malaysia whom I endeavoured to serve as a public prosecutor to the best of my ability – honestly and professionally if I had approved it.
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