Property boss had his bank accounts unfrozen just two weeks after the former finance minister wrote to Tommy Thomas, exchanges reveal. FMTNwews 1MDB LimGuanEng TommyThomas
ByLim Guan Eng had written to Tommy Thomas asking him to lift the freeze on bank accounts belonging to a property tycoon, documents reveal.
This was despite MACC informing Thomas that the bulk of the money – some RM3.9 million – could not be recovered as it was no longer in one of the bank accounts said to have received the funds.“Any request to unlock a frozen account should have been made through a representation from the tycoon’s lawyer. Going through the minister was not only a conflict of interest but also breached the confidentiality of our investigations to politicians.
“This means that the tycoon would only have paid about 12% of what he received,” another source from the AGC told FMT. Riza was charged with money laundering amounting to US$248 million paid to his Hollywood production company Red Granite Pictures – money said to be linked to 1MDB.
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