Get your money back!

KUALA LUMPUR: InspectorGeneral of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Mohamad Fuzi Harun yesterday said Bukit Aman CID director Datuk Seri Wan Ahmad Najmuddin Mohd has every right to retrieve his money that was seized by Australian authorities.

He said reports that Wan Ahmad did not want his money back were false, and that the CID director was weighing the legal costs involved.

“He would definitely want his money back. He is of the notion that the fees and taxes he would have to pay the Australian government would be more than the amount that was seized,” Mohamad Fuzi said, adding that Wan Ahmad has yet to initiate any action to recover the almost RM1 million.

On t h e Malaysi a n Anti - Corruption Commission (MACC) probe into the case, Mohamad Fuzi said it was their prerogative to investigate the matter.

On Monday, theSun quoted MACC deputy chief commissioner (operations) Datuk Seri Azam Baki as saying that an investigation has begun, after an unidentified whistleblower lodged a report with the commission on the matter.

The identity of the complainant cannot be revealed, in accordance

with the Whistleblowers Protection Act.

In a statement on Saturday, Mohamad Fuzi (pix) said the money seized from Wan Ahmad’s account was from the sale of his house in Shah Alam.

He said Wan Ahmad had transferred the funds to his Australian bank account for his children’s tertiary education there.

The Sydney Morning Herald reported that Australian police had seized A$320,000 (RM969,000) from Wan Ahmad’s account on suspicion that it involved moneylaundering or criminal elements.

On another matter, Mohamad Fuzi denied that Malaysian police had been contacted by Indonesian authorities, the US Department of Justice or the Federal Bureau of Investigation on the seizure of a luxury yacht last week.

“They have never made any contact with our police,” he said.

Wan Ahmad