BUKIT Aman Criminal Investigation Department (CID) director Wan Ahmad Najmuddin Mohd should be suspended from service as he has committed a criminal offence in Australia, said a DAP lawmaker. 

Ramkarpal Singh (DAP-Bukit Gelugor) said it was unacceptable to say Wan Ahmad Najmuddin was naive about the legal system in that country. 

Inspector-General of Police Mohamad Fuzi Harun previously said Bukit Aman was aware of Wan Ahmad Najmuddin’s account in Australia and the Integrity and Standards Compliance Department had conducted an inquiry and cleared him of wrongdoing.

Fuzi today said the CID chief was cleared of any criminal offences relating to the money seized from his bank account in Australia by police there.

Ramkarpal said Malaysia would look stupid with the international community if we accept a suggestion the CID chief was naïve about the legal system in Australia.

“I want to ask the Attorney-General’s Chambers and Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, why he is not suspended from service seeing it is so obvious he has committed a criminal offence in Australia,” he said in Dewan Rakyat today while debating the Royal Address. 

Wan Ahmad Najmuddin is under Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) investigation after a report against him was lodged, following Australian authorities’ seizure of A$320,000 (RM976,000) from his bank account.

Earlier this month, the Sydney Morning Herald reported the Australian Federal Police had seized the money, which had been transferred into Wan Ahmad Najmuddin’s account in 2016 without complying with local laws. 

Wan Ahmad Najmuddin, however, is not fighting to have the money returned.

“Why has he not been suspended? He is one of the most senior police officers in this country. If he is corrupted, what change do we have?” Ramkarpal said. 

Fuzi today said the public and media should also be fair to the CID director, adding he had been found guilty in the court of public opinion.

He, however, refused to comment if the A$320,000 (RM985,000) seized from Wan Ahmad Najmuddin’s bank account in Sydney would be returned to him.

Malaysian police have stood by Wan Ahmad Najmuddin, with Fuzi previously saying the CID chief’s money was from the sale of his house in Shah Alam, worth RM700,000, and he had friends make cash transfers to his Australian account.

He said the CID chief was able to produce documents proving the funds were from the sale of the house. – March 15, 2018.