BANGKOK: A banned Thai opposition party on Sunday accused the former military junta of helping cover up Malaysia’s multi-billion-dollar 1MDB scandal, urging Thais to demand the truth ahead of a censure debate against Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha. The Future Forward Party, the third-largest party in parliament, was dissolved on Friday by Thailand’s Constitutional Court over a loan it took from its billionaire founder. “The only person who can issue these orders is Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha,” Pannika said. At least six countries, including the United States, have launched money laundering, financial mismanagement and criminal probes into 1MDB dealings. “Since we have been dissolved, we can’t, but the Thai public can demand the truth.”A spokesman for the Malaysian prime minister’s office did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Source: New Strait Times February 23, 2020 09:45 UTC