DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang has urged police to re-open the murder case of Ambank founder Hussein Ahmad Najadi.
Lim, who is also Gelang Patah MP, said this was to ensure that Hussein’s death had nothing to do with the 1MDB scandal.
Lim’s call comes as a special taskforce probes allegations that 1MDB’s funds were deposited into Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak’s private bank accounts at Ambank.
“I call on the Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar to re-open investigations into the murder of the founder of AmBank, Hussain Ahmad Najadi (photo) who was shot dead in broad daylight in the centre of Kuala Lumpur on July 29, 2013 and to ascertain whether his murder had any links with the 1MDB scandal,” said Lim.
Hussain was killed four months after the first alleged transactions involving Najib’s bank accounts.
Documents revealed by The Wall Street Journal claim that Tanore Finance Corp transferred US$619,999,988 and US$60,999,988 into an AmBank account which allegedly belonged to Najib on March 21 and March 25 respectively.
Hussain’s complaint
This was followed by two rounds of transactions in December 2014 and February 2015 originating from former 1MDB subsidiary SRC International Sdn Bhd.
A total RM42 million was transferred from SRC International to Gandingan Mentari Sdn Bhd then to Ihsan Perdana Sdn Bhd before being deposited into Ambank accounts allegedly owned by Najib.
“The police should investigate whether it is true that in March 2013, Hussain had reported to Bank Negara about significant amounts of money deposited into Najib’s personal accounts and subsequently about withdrawal of significant amounts of money from these bank accounts; and that Hussain lodged a police report on the above matters on 28th July 2013 when no actions were taken by Bank Negara,” said Lim.
Hussain was shot dead near Lorong Ceylon, Kuala Lumpur.
Local media had speculated that his murder may be related to his attempt to mediate in a land dispute where he sought to stop the acquisition of a temple land for development.
In an interview in March this year, Hussain’s son Pascal Najadi had lamented that the main suspect was still at large.