The article was entitled “Enough proof to charge Najib over SRC, says MACC oversight committee”.

A press statement today, signed by chairman Hamid Bugo and Mohamed Jawhar Hassan, as a member, said that the article cited an anonymous panel member as the source of various statements attributed to the panel.

“We wish to state that no anonymous source is authorised to speak for and on behalf of the panel under any circumstances.

“In any event, we hereby expressly disassociate ourselves from all such statements attributed to the anonymous source.

The statement added that the panel did not at any time say that it had “enough proof to charge Najib over SRC”, as claimed in the title of the article, or that “there is credible evidence to frame charges against Datuk Seri Najib Razak”.

The panel also did not conclude that “the MACC investigators had collected sufficient evidence to prove a prima facie case against Najib.”

However, the panel advised the MACC to complete its investigation.

“We would also like to refer to the press statement issued by MACC yesterday that stated that ‘the MACC was requested by ORP to issue a public statement on these issues’.

“We wish to state that we made no such request of the MACC.

“It is however up to the MACC if it wishes to issue any statement.”