POLICE have recorded a statement from Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Dr Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali over him violating his home quarantine order after returning from Turkey last month.

Federal Criminal Investigation Department deputy director (Investigation/Legal) Mior Faridalathrash Wahid said officers from Bukit Aman’s Classified Crimes Investigation Unit (USJT) took Khairuddin’s statement at the Parliament building today.

“At his (Mohd Khairuddin’s) request, the recording of the statement was done at Parliament, not Bukit Aman,” he said when contacted.

He did not say how long police took to record the statement of the Kuala Nerus MP.

Earlier today, more than 50 journalists waited outside Bukit Aman for Khairuddin to give his statement at the federal police headquarters.

The Health Ministry has compounded Khairuddin RM1,000 on August 7 for breaching the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Regulations (Measures Within the Local Infected Area), Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1998.

Inspector-General of Police Abdul Hamid Bador had said police have opened an investigation paper on Khairuddin for failing to observe the compulsory home quarantine order after returning from Turkey on July 7. – Bernama, August 26, 2020.