KUALA LUMPUR: The committee tasked with investigating 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) has given its assurances that things will be done fairly. Its chairman, former attorney-general Tan Sri Abu Talib Othman, said everything will follow the provisions of the relevant laws and existing procedures. Abu Talib said the special task force for the investigation would provide reports on progresses in the case to the committee he chairs. The 1MDB investigation committee includes PwC Risk Assurance Services partner Nik Shahrizal Sulaiman, Naqiz Partners senior partner Syed Naqiz Shahabuddin Syed Abdul Jabbar, Financial Services Authority Indonesia senior adviser Faris Rabidin and Centre to Combat Corruption and Cronyism director and founder Cynthia Gabriel. The special taskforce investigating 1MDB, meanwhile, comprises Gani, former Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission chief commissioner Tan Sri Abu Kassim Mohamed, current MACC chief commissioner Datuk Seri Mohd Shukri Abdull and former Special Branch deputy director Datuk Abdul Hamid Bador.

Source: New Strait Times May 21, 2018 12:11 UTC