One of the accused in the graft and money laundering case involving former Johor exco member Abdul Latif Bandi, has lodged a police report against the leaking of MACC witness statements.
According to Berita Harian, Amir Shariffuddin Abd Raub, 44, lodged the report at the Sentral police station in Johor Bahru, about 3pm yesterday.
In his report, Amir said that he found out about the circulation of the documents in a blog and on Facebook, about noon yesterday, and upon scrutiny, found that it had information contradictory to the statement he had given to the MACC.
"Some of the pages were left out. In fact, there was a payment schedule uploaded, which had absolutely nothing to do with the investigations against me.
"The front page of the witness statement was different from the one that involved me. I find that the blog owner and the one who circulated it on Facebook are deliberately trying to defame me," he reportedly wrote in his report.
Amir also further urged the police to start investigations on the blog and Facebook account owner for using a confidential document, modifying its contents and including unrelated documents, in order to intimidate him and his family.
Johor Bahru police chief Mohd Khalil Kader Mohd is expected to issue a statement on the matter soon, added the Berita Harian report.
Last June, Amir and Latif were slapped with 21 charges of money laundering, involving an amount of RM35.78 million.
Prior to that, in April, the duo had claimed trial to another 33 charges of graft involving an amount of RM30.3 million.
Earlier this week, a blog had uploaded more than 140 pages of MACC investigation documents, which included schedules of payment allegedly given to Johor Menteri Besar Mohamed Khaled Nordin.
MACC has since confirmed that the witness statement, which is classified, has been leaked online, and said a police report will be lodged on the matter.
On Monday, Senai state assemblyperson Wong Shu Qi was ejected from the state assembly sitting after she demanded Khaled explain whether he had received RM12 million in gratification to change the status of bumiputera housing lots, as had been alleged in the leaked documents.
