KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak today said the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has made it clear that any funds deposited into his personal accounts were donations which he said were received on behalf of Umno.
The prime minister and Umno president said the MACC's findings proved that the funds he received did not amount to corruption nor were they originally from 1Malaysia Development Bhd.
"Don't say I'm selling the country. I am a prime minister who is responsible for everything I do."
"Some people may have received money so that they can approve or land contracts, but I have not done so.
"This is why the MACC found that what I received was not bribes but donations," he said at the opening of the Umno Bandar Tun Razak division delegates' meeting here.
Najib said the party's many divisions had benefited greatly from funding distributed under his leadership and criticised Umno members who failed to defend him from attacks by other quarters.
"We have provided a lot of help, a lot of funds so that the divisions can improve their administration and help their members."
"Many members gladly receive our help but then later join in the attacks against me.
"You must defend me as what I do is not for personal gain but for the party," he said.