PARLIAMENT The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) had confirmed that the Saudi royal family gave Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak the RM2.6 billion donation, claimed Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Azalina Othman.

The statement comes amid doubts following the revelation by attorney-general Mohamed Apandi Ali that a Saudi prince gave the money to Najib.

"In the RM2.6 billion case investigation, MACC had confirmed that the fund given to the prime minister personally indeed came from the Saudi royal family, based on testimonies by witnesses and supporting documents.

"Based on the overall facts and testimonies, the attorney-general was happy that there was no element of crime in these cases," she said at a parliamentary written reply yesterday.

Azalina was responding to Mahfuz Omar (PAS-Pokok Sena), who asked about the probe and the finding on the RM2.6 billion donation and the SRC International Sdn Bhd's RM42 million fund that was deposited into Najib's account.

In another parliamentary written reply, Azalina ( photo ) reiterated the finding of MACC which did not show any corrupt practice on the part of Najib.

Tony Pua (DAP-Petaling Jaya Utara) asked whether the attorney-general found that the RM27 million which went into Najib's account on July 8, 2014 came from SRC International, of which RM3.2 million used to settle credit card payments.

"Was this a breach of trust?" he asked.

The RM2.6 billion funds in Najib's personal bank accounts was first revealed in The Wall Street Journal report July last year, which cited leaked investigation papers.

Najib later claimed that the money was a political donation from the Middle East.

MACC had concurred that the RM2.6 billion was a "donation" but pursued an investigation, together with a separate deposit of RM42 million into the premier's accounts from state-owned SRC International.

In a report, Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir refuted that Najib had received political donation, or that it originated from the Saudi government.

Instead, the minister said the money was from an unspecified "investment".

"It is (from) a private Saudi citizen, I believe, and the funds went to an investment in Malaysia," Al-Jubeir was quoted as saying in a report by The New York Time s last month.