In dismissing the former prime minister’s application, made through lawyer Mohamed Haniff Khatri Abdulla, RCI chairman Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan said it was irrelevant to have Murad recalled as whatever statements needed from the witness had been obtained during the proceedings. "We are of the view that all the issues that required evidence from the witness had been obtained for the commission to make a conclusion," Sidek said before closing the RCI proceedings today. Haniff had asked for the RCI secretary to lodge a police report against Puad as he claimed that the statement was insulting to one of the RCI witnesses - former BNM adviser Tan Sri Mohamed Yakcop. The RCI inquiring into the losses incurred by BNM forex trading ended today. A total of 25 witnesses including Dr Mahathir, former deputy finance minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, former BNM governor Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz, and former finance minister Tun Daim Zainuddin, had been called before the commission.

Source: New Strait Times September 19, 2017 09:56 UTC