KUALA LUMPUR – Police today said it will send a team of investigators to Singapore at the end of this month to continue their probe on alleged money laundering involving Datuk Tawfiq Ayman, the husband of former Bank Negara Malaysia governor Tan Sri Zeti Akhtar Aziz.
Commercial Crimes Investigation Department director Datuk Mohd Kamarudin Md Din said the team was initially scheduled to travel to Singapore for the probe in December and February.
However, this was delayed due to the suspension of the Malaysia-Singapore Vaccinated Travel Lane and some officers testing positive for Covid-19.
“Singapore’s Commercial Affairs Department has agreed for a PDRM investigation team to go to Singapore on March 29 and 30 to gather information and statements regarding this case,” Kamarudin said in a statement, using the acronym for the Royal Malaysia Police.
“Police are committed to ensuring investigations into this case are completed swiftly and in a transparent and fair manner without protecting any party.”
In March last year, police launched an investigation into allegations that funds linked to 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) had been withdrawn from a bank account in Singapore and held by a company owned by Tawfiq.
Tawfiq and Zeti have denied any wrongdoing.
It was reported earlier that Singapore police had informed BNM of suspicious transactions in 2015 and 2016, supposedly involving a company owned by Tawfiq and one of his sons.
It was alleged that the company received funds from an account linked to fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho.
Tawfiq, along with former minister Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop, is also being investigated by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission over the movement of funds linked to 1MDB. – The Vibes, March 16, 2022
