Money trail links pink diamond to 1MDB funds, say cops

Updated 7 years ago · Published on 13 Apr 2019 9:55AM · 7 Comments

Rosmah Mansor leaving the Kuala Lumpur court complex on Wednesday. The wife of the former prime minister Najib Razak says she’s a victim of slander. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Najjua Zulkefli, April 13, 2019.

THERE is a money trail linking the purchase of a US$23 million (RM97 million) pink diamond necklace with funds from 1Malaysia Development Bhd, the police said today.

The money trail showed that the jewellery, linked to Rosmah Mansor, was bought from a New York-based jeweller, said Bukit Aman CID Anti-Money Laundering division chief Khalil Azlan Chik.

However, the 22-carat diamond was not found during raids conducted by the police at premises linked to former prime minister Najib Razak in the days after the 14th general election, he said.

“Although the diamond was not found during raids, it is clear that the transaction existed from the evidence collected,” he said.

Khalil was responding to Rosmah’s denials that she was the recipient of the pink diamond.

Rosmah said she was a victim of slander over the pink diamond, accusing critics of targeting her because Najib was the prime minister then.

She also urged Pakatan Harapan to apologise to the people over the matter.

The remark follows Deputy Finance Minister Amiruddin Hamzah’s disclosure in the Dewan Rakyat earlier this week that the wife of a VVIP did not purchase a pink diamond.

Amiruddin told the house that the pink diamond linked to a high-profile case was not purchased by the wife of a VVIP and that it was a sales agent who had brought the piece along with other jewellery into the country for the woman’s viewing.

The agent declared the jewellery to Customs.

“No, purchase occurred because the agent had taken the jewellery out,” he said.

On Thursday, Rosmah claimed trial to a new corruption charge in relation to a solar project for rural schools in Sarawak.

She is presently facing 20 counts of corruption. – April 13, 2019. 

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  • That clown DFM should be kicked out for issuing statements which He shouldnt be doing.

    Posted 7 years ago by Francis Anthony · Reply

  • again, PH leaders issuing statements like this

    Posted 7 years ago by Lan Lan · Reply

  • Amiruddin should be sacked for helping Najib and Rosmah and UMNO to spin and play victim in the Rantau elections. over the pink diamonds.

    Posted 7 years ago by Soma Govin · Reply

  • Amiruddin should be sacked for helping Najib and Rosmah and UMNO to spin and play victim in the Rantau elections. over the pink diamonds.

    Posted 7 years ago by Soma Govin · Reply

  • Rosmah, oh Rosmah, jangan-lah tipu lagi.

    Posted 7 years ago by Rupert Lum · Reply

  • Is the DFM working for pekan lanun? Its not fir him to give thus kind of stupid statement.
    As for the pink diamond, it's most likely being kept in the safe deposit box in a swiss bank.

    Posted 7 years ago by Chee yee ng · Reply

  • If I were Amiruddin I would have responded the matter though its of a national interest however its still under investigation therefore any statement made would jeopardies the on going investigation. Naive is not the word for you Amiruddin. I reserved the correct word for you later.

    Posted 7 years ago by Teruna Kelana · Reply