KUALA LUMPUR: A government task force investigating a Malaysian state-owned investment fund seized documents from its offices on Wednesday after a probe allegedly found hundreds of millions of dollars in the prime minister’s personal bank accounts.
“We can confirm that a number of officials from the Task Force, conducting an enquiry into 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), visited our offices today”, it said in a statement.
“They were provided with a number of documents and materials to aid with the investigations currently taking place,” 1MDB added.
Police vehicles were seen outside the 1MDB building located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur’s business district, while entry to the offices was restricted.
After almost six hours, task force officials emerged from the 1MDB offices with computer equipment which was loaded onto a police vehicle. Malaysian police could not be reached for comment.
The Wall Street Journal reported on July 3 that a probe had allegedly discovered nearly $700 million moved through government agencies, banks and companies linked to 1MDB before ending up in Prime Minister Najib Razak’s personal accounts.
Published in Dawn, July 9th, 2015
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