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Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Ex-AmBank staff’s affidavit claims he was axed over millions transferred to Najib’s account

Citizens for Accountable Governance Malaysia has released an affidavit by a former Ambank staff who was allegedly fired for handling a private account owned and operated by the prime minister. – The Malaysian Insider file pic, July 15, 2015. Citizens for Accountable Governance Malaysia has released an affidavit by a former Ambank staff who was allegedly fired for handling a private account owned and operated by the prime minister. – The Malaysian Insider file pic, July 15, 2015.
A new watchdog group kept its promise and released today a sworn statement purportedly by a former AmBank officer who claimed he was sacked over funds transferred to the prime minister's account in May 2013.
In the statutory declaration sent by Citizens for Accountable Governance Malaysia (CAGM), the maker of the affidavit claimed he wanted to alert the central bank of the fund transfers to Datuk Seri Najib Razak's account but was instructed not to do so by his supervisor.
The name and address of the maker of the statutory declaration was redacted, along with the name of his superior, as well as the details of the recipient's account.
CAGM patron Md Zainal Abidin disclosed to The Malaysian Insider the identity of the person for the purposes of checking with AmBank if he had indeed worked for them and if it was true that he was terminated on May 3, 2013, because he was directly linked to handling Najib's accounts at the bank .
Zainal also said the maker of the declaration did not want to speak to the press at the moment but might do so in the next few days.
The Malaysian Insider is awaiting a response from AmBank on whether the person was employed with the bank and if he was terminated for the reasons he alleged.
In the statutory declaration dated May 8, 2013, the maker said he was working with the premier division of AmBank at its headquarters on Jalan Yap Kwan Seng in Kuala Lumpur when he was terminated abruptly on May 3.
He added that he had worked for the bank for more than 14 years.
He alleged that his termination was directly linked to his handling of a private account owned and operated by the prime minister.
He said that on May 2 that year, his superior asked him to clear an incoming remittance from UBS Bank Singapore for S$7 million (RM19.5 million).
He also said that a week earlier, S$14million was remitted into Najib's account.
He said since these amounts were higher than the allowed threshold, he told his superior that he had to follow procedure and notify Bank Negara.
He stated in his declaration that the incoming funds from Singapore had to be converted to ringgit and that following a standing instruction, he had to credit them into several current accounts.
He added that his superior, who was at that time on the phone, slammed the phone and told him to follow instructions as it involved a “high profile VVIP transfer”.
He said he then brought up the notification procedure to his superior, but was instead yelled at and told that the central bank had already given the green light for it and that he was to follow instructions.
He made a copy of the transaction slips using the photocopy machine but his superior found out about it.
An hour later, he was asked to go to a meeting room and was surprised to see AmBank chairman Tan Sri Azman Hashim.
He said he was then scolded for not following instructions and for poking his nose into a very high-profile account transfer, as well as for making unauthorised copies of the remittance slips.
He said after the meeting, he was subjected to a body search and told to leave the office premises, and was not allowed to take anything back from the office.
On instructions, he went to the bank's human resource division the next morning and was given a termination letter with immediate effect, adding that he was not given a chance to defend himself.
Zainal earlier said the affidavit was part of court documents filed in a suit over a different matter at the Kuala Lumpur High Court.
Yesterday, The Malaysian Insider reported that Zainal  promised to reveal a sworn document that would show that money transferred to Najib's accounts were used by Barisan Nasional component parties for the 13th general election.
The purported affidavit, however, does not mention the general election nor does it show that the money was moved to Barisan component parties. It is known that the general election was held on May 5 that year.
Zainal said CAGM wanted to create awareness among the public about political financing in Malaysia, which he called "a system of greasing" that was started by former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and had allowed Barisan to remain in power.
Najib is alleged to have received some US$700 million (RM2.6 billion) from entities linked to state investment firm 1Malaysia Development Berhad in two accounts with AmBank in Kuala Lumpur, as reported by The Wall Street Journal on July 2. Those accounts have been closed.
The largest portion – US$681 million – was transferred in March 2013, ahead of the May general election.
The business daily has since posted documents online showing the money flow into Najib's accounts to support its report. It said these documents were sourced from Malaysian government investigators.
Najib has denied taking funds for personal gain but has not directly addressed the claim of funds transfers into his two accounts, which were closed in August 2013 and March 9 this year.
- TMI

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