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MACC chief should go to US with Najib, says Kit Siang
Published:  Sep 7, 2017 5:32 PM
Updated: 10:17 AM
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MACC chief commissioner Dzulkifli Ahmad should accompany Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak to Washington to meet US investigators probing missing funds related to 1MDB, said DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang today.

Then, Dzulkifli can report to Malaysians the "basis and the status" of the investigations carried out by the US Department of Justice (DOJ), Lim said in a statement.

Accepting US President Donald Trump's invitation to the White House next Tuesday would put Najib in an inferior position, akin to a supplicant, after being branded a "kleptocrat and MO1" by the DOJ, said the Gelang Patah MP.

However, if the prime minister insists on going, he should be accompanied by Dzulkifli, who could meet with Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) chief to get updates on the US litigation into the 1MDB scandal, he added...

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