Anti-graft agency seeks review of AG's decision to clear Najib
Saudis say they have no knowledge of any such donation, adding that such a royal gift would be "unprecedented"
Kuala Lumpur
MALAYSIA's anti-corruption agency said on Wednesday that it would seek a review of a decision by the attorney-general to clear Prime Minister Najib Razak in a graft investigation.
Attorney-General Mohamed Apandi Ali cleared Mr Najib of any criminal offences or corruption on Tuesday, and said he was closing investigations into a murky multi-million-dollar funding scandal that the PM's opponents had hoped would bring him down.
Mr Najib was buffeted last year by allegations of graft and mismanagement at the debt-laden state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) and by a revelation that about US$681 million was deposited into his personal bank account.
Mr Apandi said the US$681 million transfer to Mr Najib's account was a gift from Saudi Arabia's royal family, and added that no further action ne…
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