The Global Financial Integrity has dismissed remarks by a emissary apportion which a Washington-based think-tank is working with Malaysia's central bank upon a emanate of a nation's towering unlawful capital flight.
"While I wish which I could say which we'd been in hold with Bank Negara, it is not true. They have not reached out to us, as well as you have not oral with them," pronounced GFI communications executive Clark Gascoigne (left) in an email response to Malaysiakini.
On Saturday, Deputy Finance Minister Donald Lim told Malaysiakini which GFI had been in hold with Bank Negara to work upon a matter.
He pronounced which RM150 billion reported by GFI to have flowed illicitly out of Malaysia in 2009 was "not a brand new issue" as well as measures were already being taken to block a leak.
Lim's statement echoes police chief Ismail Omar, who final Friday put a blame upon income laundering activities as well as pronounced which movement was being taken to freeze a resources of those concerned in such organized crime.
According to GFI final Thursday, Malaysia saw a whopping RM150 billion in unlawful income siphoned out of a nation in 2009, creation it a top 4 countries with a highest unlawful capital flight.
This volume is in addition to a detriment of RM927 billion over a period of 9 years in between 2000 as well as 2008. In total, Malaysia has suffered a cumulative lost of RM1 trillion over a! past de cade.
Still peaceful as well as ready, says GFI
In a arise of a previous GFI inform in January, Prime Minister Najib Razak pronounced which Bank Negara would yield an reason upon a findings.
Soon after, Lim (left) voiced which Bank Negara, which is headed by governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz, had launched a probe.
But to date, Bank Negara has nonetheless to announce a result of its investigations nor explain a massive unlawful capital flight, notwithstanding offers of help from tip GFI economists.
Gascoigne reiterated which if Bank Negara is interested, GFI would be happy to work with Bank Negara as well as a Finance Ministry to address a complaint of unlawful capital flowing out of a country.
"We mount by a op-ed from a lead economist, Dr Dev Kar, from this past January: We're peaceful as well as ready to combine with a Malaysian government, if we're invited to do so.
"However, as of yet, you have not been invited to do so," he said.
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