Rosmah’s son at MACC HQ to have statement recorded
PUTRAJAYA: Riza Aziz, the stepson of Datuk Seri Najib Razak, came to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) headquarters here yesterday for questioning over the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) corruption scandal.
The Hollywood film producer arrived at 1.35pm in a white Kia SUV. He was escorted by two individuals, believed to be lawyers, in a black Audi before him.
Riza appeared expressionless and walked straight into the building, refusing to acknowledge the media despite repeated efforts to get his attention.
Riza, the son of Najib’s wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor from an earlier marriage to a man named Abdul Aziz Nong Chik, was linked to the 1MDB scandal after the US Department of Justice named his Los Angeles-based film production and distribution company Red Granite Pictures as among the recipients of funds misappropriated from the Malaysian sovereign investment fund.
Red Granite Pictures produced the 2013 Oscar-nominated movie Wolf of Wall Street starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
Earlier former deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Zahid Hamidi and former Federal Land Development Authority chairman Tan Sri Shahrir Samad arrived at MACC 9.55am and 9.35am subsequently.
The duo are still being interviewed.
Shahrir was there for the 1MDB probe yesterday while Zahid was there to answer investigators’ questions surrounding the alleged abuse of funds in connection to a familyowned welfare foundation, called Yayasan Akal Budi.