Hunt down whistleblower instead, AG calls

Attorney-General Abdul Gani Patail has called for a thorough probe to determine who leaked documents relating to an ongoing investigation to The Wall Street Journal.

"(The documents) were the subject-matter of an investigation," he said in a statement.

He emphasised this is crucial to preserve the integrity of the investigation as the "public must not doubt the investigation".

Gani was responding to WSJ publishing documents in its article "Malaysia Orders Freeze of Accounts Tied to Probe of Alleged Transfers to Prime Minister Najib" yesterday.

Last week, WSJ published a report claiming that RM2.6 billion of 1MDB-linked funds were deposited into the personal bank accounts of Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.

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