“We are not involved as the investigation on 1MDB is led by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID)”, he said when contacted. “I can’t comment much on the articles that were published on the online portals but one thing I know is, the facts are wrong”, he told The Star on Sunday.
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The source said the police team, comprising 12 officers and men, was at the office of the DPP at the MACC Special Operations Division at Precinct 3 here for two hours.
“The report on the findings related to RM2.6bil has been referred and communicated to the Attorney-General (A-G)”.
Files on 1MDB and its former subsidiary SRC worldwide as well as laptops were seized.
The statement also said several parallel investigations were being conducted simultaneously by the multi-agency Special Task Force formed to look into allegations of misappropriation of 1MDB funds. They were former MACC advisory board member Tan Sri Rashpal Singh and Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) finance and anti-money laundering secretariat member Jessica Gurmeet Kaur.
Yesterday, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said the police investigation also focused on the issue of the leakage of official government secrets, which were misused by certain parties. The police, meanwhile, were conducting a probe related to 1MDB, while Bank Negara Malaysia was investigating financial methods and procedures.
“Results of the investigation have found that the funds of RM2.6bil which was allegedly transferred into the account belonging to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is from the contribution of donors, and not from 1MDB”, said an MACC statement on Monday.
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“The police won’t do mad work at 1am unless they are being directed by someone”.
