KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Rohana Rozhan (pic), who has been in the limelight after explosive court testimony implicated her in receiving a house bought using money from 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), says she has met with anti-graft officers.

       The former Astro Malaysia Holdings Bhd group chief executive officer issued a brief statement through law firm Messrs Valen, Oh & Partners yesterday.

       “I refer to allegations appearing in the media involving me.

       “I have attended at the offices of the MACC (Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission) and given them my full cooperation in their investigations,” she said.

       The statement was signed by Rohana and her lawyer M. Puravalen.

       According to a report in a Malay daily, the MACC had taken a statement from Rohana at its headquarters in Putrajaya at 9am on Thursday.

       The anti-graft body has opened an investigation into the allegations, following testimony by former Goldman Sachs banker Tim Leissner at a US federal court in the trial of Malaysian Roger Ng, who is accused of conspiring to launder money and to violate an anti-bribery law involving 1MDB funds.

       Quoting a source, the daily reported that the investigation by the MACC was being conducted under Section 4(1) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act.

       On Tuesday, Leissner testified that he had gifted a media CEO, with whom he had an affair for a decade, a US$10mil home in London.

       He said his ex-lover had blackmailed him into buying her the home and threatened to expose his involvement in 1MDB.

       The relationship lasted from 2003 to 2013, he told the jury.