Auditor General confident of retrieving all 1MDB documents

Auditor-General Tan Sri Ambrin Buang is confident his department will be able to retrieve all the necessary documents from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) to conclude its audit report.

“We are still trying to retrieve all the documents. If the 1MDB is not cooperating, then we will get the documents through other sources,” he told reporters after presenting a preliminary report on 1MDB to the Public Accounts Committee at Parliament House here today.

The preliminary report was from an audit conducted on the company from March 10 to June 15, 2015.

Ambrin said 1MDB has sent some of the documents needed for auditing purposes but there are still documents that the company has not handed over to the AG department.

“We are still waiting for the relevant documents to be handed over to us,” he said.

"Give them time. Besides, our job is not over yet,” he added.

The proceeding continues tomorrow.

Earlier today, PAC chairman Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed said 1MDB has not yet handed over important documents needed in the investigations such as bank statements and agreements.

“1MDB needs to fully cooperate especially in terms of its documents so that this report can be finalised by year end," Nur Jazlan said.

The PAC begun its investigative proceedings into the 1MDB scandal on May 19.

Following a special meeting on April 30, the PAC decided to begin investigations on 1MDB financial affairs.