The MACC did not initiate a probe into the 1MDB fiasco because other authorities had carried out the investigation into the state-owned fund.

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Paul Low said this in a parliamentary reply dated Nov 1.

"MACC did not investigate this case because (the) investigation had been carried out by other authorities, namely Bank Negara Malaysia, the police and Public Accounts Committee (PAC)," he told Tony Pua (DAP-Petaling Jaya Utara) in response to Pua's question over MACC's decision to not probe the misappropriation and abuse of power involving 1MDB as stated by MACC chief commissioner Dzulkifli Ahmad in June.

The MACC did not investigate 1MDB directly, but had probed the RM2.6 billion donation Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak received, as well as SRC International...