(July 15): Perak DAP Socialist Youth (Dapsy) today lodged a report with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to investigate reports that RM2 million was deposited into the bank account of the prime minister's wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor.

Perak Dapsy secretary Howard Lee said Rosmah said the public wanted to know the source of the funds and what they were for.

"What kind of transaction was it? Was it a business transaction? Is the money from an individual or business entity? Is it income to be declared to the Inland Revenue Board and are any taxes due to be paid?," said Lee, when met outside the Perak MACC office in Ipoh, where the report was lodged today.

He said answers to these questions should be made public especially now when there were other investigations ongoing that implicated Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

"Investigation alone is not enough to clear the air.

"The information should be announced to clear not only Rosmah's name but also the reputation of the prime minister, the Prime Minister's Office and the country as a whole," he said.

Sarawak Report on July 9 claimed that a total of RM2 million was banked into an account at Affin Bank Berhad belonging to Rosmah, through 8 deposits within a period of two and a half months earlier this year.

The government task force investigating 1Malaysia Development Bhd and claims of graft against Najib said it had already begun probing Rosmah's accounts before the Sarawak Report article.

Rosmah, in a statement released by her lawyers Messrs Noorhajran Mohd Noor, said the report linking her bank account to money related to 1MDB was "malicious, baseless and unsubstantiated".

Saying there was a breach of the bank's function in protecting customers' privacy under the Financial Service Act 2013, her lawyers urged Bank Negara Malaysia to immediately conduct a probe into the matter.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak was also named in The Wall Street Journal's expose on state investment vehicle 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), as the recipient of RM2.6 billion (US$700 million) that was transferred to his private bank accounts.

Najib has denied taking funds for personal gain, but as finance minister and chairman of 1MDB's advisory board, he is under scrutiny over the government-owned firm's opaque dealings and RM42 billion debt. – The Malaysian Insider