Malaysian police stand by CID chief suspected of money laundering

Updated 6 years ago · Published on 2 Mar 2018 9:14PM · 4 Comments

Mohamad Fuzi Harun says CID director Wan Ahmad Najmuddin Mohd has been able to provide all the necessary documents to prove the source of the funds. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, March 2, 2018.

MALAYSIAN police today stood by its CID director who had A$320,000 (RM970,000) seized by the Australian authorities on suspicion of money laundering, saying the money came from the sale of a house.

Inspector General of Police Mohamad Fuzi Harun said CID director Wan Ahmad Najmuddin Mohd sold his house in Shah Alam for RM700,000. 

“The money was entrusted to a close friend to make the cash transfers to the account in Australia. 

“He (Wan Ahmad) has been able to provide all the necessary documents to prove the source of the funds,” Fuzi said in a statement. 

The IGP said Wan Ahmad had provided justification for the need to acquire an overseas account for the sole purpose of funding his children’s education.

Sydney Morning Herald reported today, that Australian police had confiscated A$320,000 in Wan Ahmad’s account on suspicion of money laundering.

Wan Ahmad, however, is not fighting to have the money returned. The report said Malaysian Federal police Aman had cleared him after an internal inquiry which followed an alert from Australia.

Following the report, calls have mounted for police to reopen investigations into the allegations of money laundering by a top officer in the force. 

Centre to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4) executive director Cynthia Gabriel said the seizure warranted an investigation on the Malaysian side and the officer in question must go on leave pending the completion of the probe.

Klang MP Charles Santiago said it was strange that Malaysian police had cleared the officer of wrongdoing yet Australian police had detected a possible crime.

Fuzi, meanwhile, said the police was made aware of Wan Ahmad’s bank account in 2016 and that an internal inquiry into the matter was subsequently conducted by the integrity and Standard and Compliance Department. 

“Investigations revealed that the account was opened to transfer funds to finance his children’s education in Australia.” – March 2, 2018.

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  • The money could probably be from another generous Arab.

    Posted 6 years ago by Akilis Aziz · Reply

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    Posted 6 years ago by Landy Oz · Reply

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    Posted 6 years ago by Leslie Chan · Reply

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    Posted 6 years ago by Mathew jacob · Reply