Najib's children's accounts frozen

A day after Malaysia's ex-PM Najib Razak's daughter complained about having her personal bank account frozen, three other children of Malaysia's former prime minister are also said to have suffered a similar fate.

Lokman Noor Adam, the president of the pro-Umno NGO Pemantau Malaysia Baru (New Malaysia Monitor) said he was informed that the accounts of Nooryana Najwa Najib along with Mohd Norashman Najib, Mohd Nizar Najib and Puteri Norlisa Najib were frozen by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).

The accounts were frozen in relation to the investigation into Najib's involvement in the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) scandal.

Later, Lokman lodged two police reports. The first was against Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad for constantly making baseless accusations against Najib from 2015 to 2018, claiming that the latter had stolen RM2.6 billion in funds from 1MDB.

The second is against MACC chief commissioner Mohd Shukri Abdull for freezing more than 400 bank accounts, including that of Najib's immediate family.

Najib on Wednesday claimed trial to three counts of criminal breach of trust and another charge of abuse of power involving RM42 million linked to SRC International Sdn Bhd, a former subsidiary of 1MDB.

In Putrajaya, Dr Mahathir said that Najib could go to court if he felt that the authorities were wrong in freezing the accounts of his family members.