Prime Minister Najib Razak has brushed off graft charges after millions of dollars deposited in his bank account. Pressure is mounting from his own ruling party to step down.Najib RazakThe Malaysian premier said yesterday that he’s done nothing wrong as a?scandal over the source of millions of dollars?has caused a rift within his own political party.The allegations of graft stem from dealings with the state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) and his receipt of 2.6 billion ringgit ($610.8 million) in what he says was a political donation.Investigators from Malaysia’s Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) quizzed Najib over the deposits at the weekend. But he’s taken to the airwaves to defend himself.“Firstly, the 2.6 billion ringgit is neither public funds nor 1MDB’s money. This was confirmed by the MACC,” Najib said in an interview with state television TV3. “It’s a donation,Authentic NFL Jerseys Cheap, a gift. A donation is not illegal under any legal provision.”The scandals have shaken investors in Southeast Asia’s third-largest economy and rocked public confidence in the coalition led by Najib’s United Malays National Organization party (UMNO), which has held power since Malaysia’s independence from the UK in 1957,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, but was only narrowly victorious last time around in 2013.There’s evidence that the graft scandal is?threatening the UNMO’s support even among the ethnic Malay majority?that forms the bedrock of the party. Public support sank to new lows in October,Alexis Sanchez Jersey, according to a poll from research firm Merdeka Center.That’s alarmed senior UNMO figures who apparently see an opening to challenge Razak for leadership of the party.“I would like to suggest that the prime minister take a rest for now,” UNMO’s deputy president Muhyiddin Yassin, a former cabinet minister who was recently purged after calling for greater transparency,Andrew Franks Dolphins Jersey, told a party conference. “Allow the investigations to proceed freely,Wholesale China Jerseys Free Shpping, transparently and fairly … go on leave until the case is over.”This latest scandal has political figures predicting that public anger could cause UNMO to be defeated in elections due by 2018 if the prime minister remains in charge.?(AFP, Reuters)