KUALA LUMPUR – The Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) has no knowledge of whether former Astro chief executive Datuk Rohana Rozhan has returned US$10 million (RM44.2 million) allegedly stolen from 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) to the government.
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said said in a parliamentary written reply, that “the AGC has no knowledge on this matter”.
She was replying to Lim Lip Eng (Kepong-PH) who asked if Rohana had returned the funds. Lim also asked how many 1MDB-related assets had been returned.
Rohana was the ex-girlfriend of former Goldman Sachs banker Tim Leissner who revealed her name last year when testifying in the trial of former bank colleague Roger Ng.
Leissner said in the US-based trial that he had gifted Rohana with a US$10 million home in London in 2013 after she had threatened to expose his involvement in the 1MDB scandal. He said their relationship lasted from 2003 to 2013.
The MACC last year said it had frozen Rohana’s bank accounts and was investigating her over money allegedly received from Leissner. – The Vibes, March 23, 2023
