KUALA LUMPUR – 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, according to a source.
The source told Utusan Malaysia that all the funds, including assets, were returned to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) following the completion of its investigation.
“She has returned all of the funds and assets to MACC, which were then directly transferred back to the government.”
In a written parliamentary reply, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said reportedly said that the “Attorney-General’s Chambers has no knowledge on this matter”, referring to whether Rohana has returned the funds.
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 former 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.
Last year, the MACC said it had frozen Rohana’s bank accounts and was investigating her over money allegedly received from Leissner. – The Vibes, March 24, 2023
