CURRENT / THE SAUDI GIFT AND THE WAR ON TERROR

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2. RELATED: THE MYSTERY BEHIND A $700M DONATION FROM THE SAUDI ROYALS TO THE MALAYSIAN PM

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SAUDI GIFT FOR MALAYSIA PM NAJIB RAZAK 'FOR ELECTION CAMPAIGN'

The Saudi source said the donation was made amid concern in Riyadh about the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood.

REPORTED BY BBC

The $681m (£479m) deposited in the bank account of Malaysian PM Najib Razak by Saudi Arabia was to help him win the 2013 elections, a Saudi source says. 

Malaysia's attorney general cleared Mr Najib of allegations of corruption on Tuesday after ruling that the money was a donation from the Saudi royal family. 

Mr Najib had denied that the money came from state investment fund 1MDB. 

The Saudi source said the donation was made amid concern in Riyadh about the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood.

BREAKING / THE 1MDB SAGA EASES TO A DEFINITE END

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2. RELATED: SRC INTERNATIONAL, RM2.6 BILLION FUND PROBES FIND NO CRIMINAL WRONGDOING BY PM, SAYS AG

3. RELATED: AG DECLARES CASE CLOSED, SAYS 'NO CRIMINAL OFFENCE' IN SRC, RM2.6B PROBES

4. RELATED:  NO CRIMINAL OFFENCE OVER RM2.6 BILLION IN NAJIB'S ACCOUNTS, CASE CLOSED, SAYS A-G

5. RELATED:  MALAYSIAN PM CLEARED OF GRAFT AFTER FUNDS IN ACCOUNT DECLARED A SAUDI GIFT
6. RELATED: PM NAJIB CLEARED AFTER RETURNING 'PERSONAL DONATION' TO SAUDI ROYAL FAMILY: MALAYSIA AG

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ON DONATIONS VERDICT - NAJIB RAZAK

"This issue has been an unnecessary distraction for the country. Now that the matter has been comprehensively put to rest, it is time for us to unite and move on." – PM Najib Tun Razak

REPORTED BY THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER

I welcome the statement issued today by the Attorney-General, Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali. The findings followed a thorough investigation by the relevant institutions, and he has confirmed what I have maintained all along: that no crime was committed.

‎I appreciate that political funding is a topic of concern to many people. That is why I first initiated political funding reform proposals in 2010. Unfortunately, these were blocked by the opposition at the time. However, I have instructed for them to be put forward again for discussion.

‎This issue has been an unnecessary distraction for the country. Now that the matter has been comprehensively put to rest, it is time for us to unite and move on.

‎I will now redouble my focus on the key issues that matter to Malaysia, especially combating the threat of terrorism, and strengthening the economy in the face of global headwinds.‎

CURRENT / SARAWAK REPORT BACKFIRES...YET AGAIN

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2. RELATED: SARAWAK REPORT CONFIRMS PETROSAUDI'S AND ANWAR IBRAHIM'S RELATIONSHIPS
3. RELATED: I'M NOT ANWAR'S STOOGE, SAYS SARAWAK REPORT EDITOR

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IN ITS HASTE TO "PAINT NAJIB BLACK", SARAWAK REPORT EXPOSES ANWAR'S LINKS TO TERROR ORGANISATIONS

REPORTED BY MALAYSIAN DIGEST

KUALA LUMPUR, January 4, 2016 –

Recently Sarawak Report published what it intended as an expose aimed at the ruling Malaysian government and its links to PetroSaudi officials but instead exposed former Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's links to terror organizations in the Middle East.

Lim Sian See blog recently highlight a Sarawak Report article that reproduced an email between Nawaf Obaidi, the brother of Tarek Obaid, the CEO of PetroSaudi, with the Deputy National Advisor for International Economic Affairs in the US National Security Council (NSC), Michael Froman.

The email mentioned that Nawaf did a confidential background assessment and discovered Anwar has close ties with the Muslim Brotherhood network (Ikhwan Muslimin) that the US government deemed as a terror organization.

“More alarmingly, we have found proof of Mr. Ibrahim’s ties with some of the leading brotherhood ideologues and financiers around the globe, such as Youssef Al Qaradawi, Yassin Qadi, Youssef Nada and others.

“The International Institute of Islamic [Thought] in Virginia that was raided on numerous occasions by the federal authorities in the past several years and the nerve center of brotherhood financing in the US has Mr. Ibrahim as a founding member,” the email stated.

LSS Report highlighted the significance of the unintended revelation.