THE investigation papers on former Bank Negara governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz’s husband Tawfiq Ayman have been handed to the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) on October 21, Deputy Home Minister Ismail Mohamed Said said.

“The AGC has ordered the police to reinvestigate several matters,” the Kuala Krau MP told Parliament during the Home Ministry’s winding-up speech on the Supply Bill 2022 (committee stage) today.

The question was raised by Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim (Baling-BN) during the debate on the ministry’s budget for 2022.

On another matter, Ismail said that the government was still providing police escorts and bodyguards for former prime minister Najib Razak (Pekan-BN).

“He is still in the process of appealing, isn’t he?” Ismail said to Gobind Singh Deo (Puchong-PH) who asked whether Najib still has police escorts and how much it costs taxpayers.

Najib, who was convicted for corruption last year, lost his appeal at the Court of Appeal yesterday.

Police had begun investigating Tawfiq in March after it was found that he had received 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) funds in his Singapore bank account.

It was reported that Singapore police had informed Bank Negara Malaysia of a suspicious transaction amounting to RM66 million from wanted businessman Low Taek Jho (better known as Jho Low) to a company allegedly owned by Zeti’s husband and son in 2015.

Zeti was still the governor of BNM at the time.

According to the report, documents shared by Singapore’s Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) to Malaysia showed that the account of a company called Iron Rhapsody at the UBS Bank in Singapore received US$16.22 million from a company or account related to Low.

In addition, CAD Singapore also reported two more transactions from Low to Iron Rhapsody, estimated at US$567,000 on June 1, 2009 and US$1.25 million on December 18, 2009.

Tawfiq has been reported as saying that he has cooperated with police and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).

Meanwhile, Parliament has approved a sum of RM13.5 billion for operating expenses and another RM3.5 billion for development expenses for the Home Ministry. – December 9, 2021.