NAJIB, ROSMAH QUIZZED BY COPS, MACC
Couple evade press as they provide statements over probe into audio recordings
FORMER prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and his wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, spent the better part of their day yesterday giving their statements to the police and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
The couple first went to the federal police headquarters in Bukit Aman to provide their statements in relation to audio recordings released by MACC on Jan 8.
Najib and Rosmah arrived via the back door of Menara 2, Bukit Aman around 10.15am yesterday, giving the media, who had been waiting at the main gates of Bukit Aman since 8am, the slip.
The couple were accompanied by their counsels, Mohamed Reza Rahim and Rajivan Nambiar.
Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department prosecution and legal division principal assistant director Senior Assistant Commissioner Mior Faridalathrash Wahid said their statements were recorded by the Bukit Aman Classified Criminal Investigation Unit and the process was completed at 11.50am.
“We will review the statements and call them back in if we need to,” he told Bernama.
Twelve witnesses have so far had their statements taken by the police for further investigations into the audio clips.
Those who had their statements taken at Bukit Aman include Baling member of parliament Datuk Seri Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim, Najib’s principal private secretary Tan Sri Shukry Mohd Salleh and Datuk Amhari Efendi Nazaruddin, former special officer to Najib.
Rajivan said both his clients had given full cooperation to the investigation.
Najib and Rosmah later went to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Academy to have their statements recorded.
MACC, in a statement, said the couple arrived at the academy around 3pm.
“They spent an hour having their statements recorded to aid investigations into the audio clips issue,” said the commission, adding that the case was being investigated under Section 23 of the MACC Act 2009.
On Jan 8, MACC had released audio recordings of a conversation allegedly involving leakage of information from the Attorney-General’s Chambers to Najib when he was the prime minister, and the recordings of several other phone conversations with regard to investigations into the 1Malaysia Development Bhd and SRC International Sdn Bhd scandals.
Besides Najib, the conversations allegedly involved Rosmah, former MACC chief commissioner Tan Sri Dzulkifli Ahmad, a foreign dignitary and several other individuals.