Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and other cabinet members would likely have given the greenlight for Felda Investment Corporation's (FIC) acquisition of a luxury hotel in London, which is currently under a corruption investigation, PKR vice-president Rafizi Ramli says.

Rafizi said the FIC's acquisition of the hotel would have required the permission of the Economic Planning Unit's (EPU) Economic Council, chaired by Najib, because all big government investments abroad require the council's approval.

This was evident, said Rafizi, when former Mara chairperson Annuar Musa explained how the agency acquired properties in Australia that were also subjected to investigaion by the MACC.

At the time, Najib explained that the Economic Council's decision to approve Mara's acquisition was not his decision alone and was made with the consensus of all council members...