Cabinet to allow room for special task force to complete probe - Mustapa

The government and Cabinet members hope the probe into the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report alleging misappropriation of funds by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak will be concluded soon as there are many pending works.

International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed said all quarters have agreed to give room to the special task force which was set up to look into the allegation, to carry on with their probe.

“We have to ensure that the issue is solved soon as there are a lot of matters to be settled. There are many agenda that needs attention,” he told reporters today.

“Once the matter is handled, we can focus on other important issues and we hope the investigating authorities can conclude soon as the people want to know what happened,” he added.

In its article published last Friday, WSJ alleged that 1MDB funds amounting to US$700 million (RM2.6 billion) had been channelled to the premier's personal account, a claim denied by both Najib and 1MDB.

Following the report, a special task force made up of the Royal Malaysian Police, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC). was set up to probe the alleged mismanagement of funds.removed documents from the office of 1Malaysia Development Berhad in Jalan Sultan Ismail here.

Yesterday, several officials of the task force came to the 1MDB office, located on the eighth floor of Menara IMC, at 10.30 am and were seen leaving at about 6.30 pm.

About 20 boxes of what is believed to be documents were taken away in a police truck.

PHOTO GALLERY: Task force officials raid 1MDB office

Eight officials were seen emerging from the front entrance of the building carrying a box, believed to contain documents, as well as a computer CPU.

Several police personnel had applied a tight cordon around the area.