Najib: I am probably the only 'corrupt politician' who returned the money

Описание: Datuk Seri Najib Razak has described himself as "probably the only alleged corrupt politician or money launderer in history" to have returned the funds he supposedly received and informed the central bank about it.

The former prime minister made the remark in the foreword to his defence's final submissions in the RM2.3 billion 1MDB corruption trial today.

Najib said he did not own any offshore accounts, unlike former 1MDB general counsel Jasmine Loo Ai Swan or his former special officer Datuk Amhari Effendi Nazaruddin, who had registered bank accounts through offshore shell companies.

He said he had instead opened a local account in his own name and immediately informed then Bank Negara governor Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz that its purpose was to receive donations from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Najib said it was shocking that despite the media frenzy surrounding the US$681 million deposited into his account, the sum had never been proven to be traceable to 1MDB.

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