{"id":5345,"date":"2020-08-04T14:27:41","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T06:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=5345"},"modified":"2020-08-04T14:27:43","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T06:27:43","slug":"govt-is-not-halting-court-proceedings-against-ipic-in-london-ag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=5345","title":{"rendered":"Govt is not halting court proceedings against IPIC in London – AG"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 4  — The Attorney-General\u2019s Chambers has confirmed that no action has been taken to halt the court proceedings in London to cancel the 2017 settlement agreement between 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) and Abu Dhabi\u2019s International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attorney-General Tan Sri Idrus Harun said the government is always open to considering any resolution to ensure that the country\u2019s assets are returned and justice is upheld.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDiscussions are constantly held between the two countries (Malaysia and United Arab Emirates (UAE)), and that this has been the case with the previous and current governments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe discussions involve only officials from the Malaysian and UAE governments and no other parties,\u201d he said in a statement here today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sarawak Report has recently reported that the Malaysian Government has taken legal action to halt the court proceedings against\u00a0IPIC\u00a0in favor of diplomatic negotiations with the UAE\u00a0government,\u00a0with the\u00a01MDB and Ministry of Finance Ministry were said to be making efforts for another settlement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The court proceedings were taken to cancel the Settlement Agreement between 1MDB and IPIC which was entered in 2017 in regard to the 1MDB financial scandal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— BERNAMA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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