“Those who read this article without thinking deeper will conclude that I am trying to deceive the people.
“It is important to note that all the letters received by the bank and I used the letterhead of Prince Abdulaziz Al-Saud and all the letters used the same signature,” he wrote in a his Facebook post.
He was referring to a newspaper article stating that Mohammad Abdullah Al Koman, who claimed to be the representative of the Saudi prince, had told the investigators that he was the person who prepared the letters and signed all of them on behalf of the prince.
Najib had revealed several documents recently to confirm that the money he received was indeed a donation from the Saudi royal family.
He said he was unable to confirm what the investigator had said about the signatures, but “what I know in the business world, there are also employees signing letters on behalf of their employers.”
“What is apparent is that the articles do not state that the bank’s official documents indicated that the funds were transferred from the bank account of the Ministry of Finance of Saudi Arabia and from the bank account of Prince Faisal bin Turkey bin Al-Saud in Saudi Arabia.
“All fund transfers have also not been disputed by the recipient bank or BNM (Bank Negara Malaysia),” he added.
Najib said the article also did not state the fact that he had refunded RM2.6 billion to Tanore Finance several months after receiving it as indicated by the bank documents he had shared last week, adding that the return of the RM2.6 billion was also acknowledged in the book “The Billion Dollar Whale”.
“This proves that I did not steal or store billions of ringgit for personal use and I am not a thief as accused by various parties.
“Although the bank documents and the WSJ book confirmed this, PH’s leaders and investigators still do not want to mention this fact.”
Najib, who is being investigated by Malaysian authorities, said it was also important to note that the first letter with the same letterhead and signature was dated Feb 1, 2011, after King Abdullah promised to assist him with the funds and introduced him to Prince Abdulaziz Al-Saud and Prince Faisal.
“This letter was sent before funds from Prince Faisal and Ministry of Finance of Saudi Arabia were received.
“Then in June 2011, both Prince Abdulaziz and Prince Faisal were present at my daughter’s engagement ceremony at Seri Perdana where I also thanked them for arranging the donations on behalf of King Abdullah,” he said.
It was also reported that according to sources, after the meeting with Mohammad, investigators concluded that “it was not safe to confirm that the money (transferred) from Blackstone Asia Real Estate Partners and Tanore Finance were contributions from Saudi Arabia because it was still unclear and there was a lack of supporting documents”.