Ihsan Perdana denies company transferred money into Najib's account
Bernama
July 4, 2015 08:42 MYT
July 4, 2015 08:42 MYT
Ihsan Perdana which undertakes CSR programmes for 1MDB's charitable foundation, was mentioned in an article published by the Wall Street Journal yesterday.
Perdana Sdn Bhd Friday denied transferring money into of that of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
It said allegations that it transferred money for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) into Najib's personal bank account were baseless.
"The allegations are baseless and lies... I strongly deny any transfer of account of the Prime Minister as alleged by media reports," the company's Managing Director Datuk Dr Shamsul Anwar Sulaiman said in a statement today.
Perdana which undertakes CSR for 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB)'s charitable foundation, was mentioned in an article published by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) yesterday.
The article had claimed that almost US$700 million in funds from 1MDB went into Najib's personal bank accounts and Ihsan Perdana was among the companies that the money had passed through, citing unnamed investigators.
In refuting the allegations, Dr Shamsul Anwar said the CSR projects carried out by Ihsan Perdana were fully audited and accounted for.