MACC deputy admits 1MDB probe affected by police raids, arrests
(The Malay Mail Online) – The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s (MACC) deputy chief commissioner (prevention) Datuk Mustafar Ali has admitted that the agency’s investigation on the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) controversy has been affected by action taken by the police against some of his officers.
In a statement, Mustafar reportedly revealed that in the latest raid last night on MACC’s special operations division office, the police seized several documents and laptops related to their probe.
“It has affected the investigation process a little because items like the laptops of our officers on duty have been taken by the police,” he said according to the statement sent late last night.
Mustafar also confirmed that two of the agency’s officers, who were among the three taken in for questioning earlier yesterday afternoon at the Putrajaya police district headquarters, have been arrested.
The duo’s office in Precinct 3, Putrajaya, and their homes were raided by the police, he said.
One of the two detained is an officer directly involved in the investigation on SRC International, a former subsidiary of 1MDB, the debt-laden state investment firm currently under probe for alleged impropriety.
