Who is the 'Tan Sri' who owns the condo unit?

Jaws dropped throughout the nation when the police revealed the staggering haul from three condominium units at the plush Pavilion Residence last night.

Five police trucks were required to transport the bags of cash and jewellery as well as hundreds of designer handbags.

At a press conference later, federal Commercial Crimes Department director Amar Singh revealed that one of the units is owned by a 'Tan Sri', but he declined to reveal the name.

Photographs of the boxes also raised eyebrows due to two honorific titles on the labels. There were those which read "Datin Cindy" and also "Puan Sri Cindy".

However, it remains unclear if the two names referred to the same person.

The Pavilion Residence is owned by Desmond Lim, who has the honorific "Tan Sri" title. He is known as a close associate of former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak. His wife is Puan Sri Cindy Tan.

According to Forbes Magazine, Lim is among Malaysia's 50 richest people, who started out developing houses, condominiums and office towers with property company Khuan Choo Group in the 1980s.

Previously, police claimed that Najib's relatives were staying in the condominium units.

The police search followed a report lodged by Bersatu Youth claiming that a van belonging to the Prime Minister's Department had transported designer handbags to the condominium.

Meanwhile, Lim's name also surfaced in the Bandar Malaysia deal.

It was reported in 2015 that Lim, together with a Qatari state-backed consortium and IWH CREC Sdn Bhd, were the two front-runners for the Bandar Malaysia deal.

Last year, it was reported that Dalian Wanda Group of China is bidding for the Bandar Malaysia project together with Malton Bhd, which is headed by Lim.

Lim is also executive chairperson of Malton Bhd and WCT Holdings Bhd.

Malaysiakini has contacted Malton Bhd's office to get Lim's comments and is awaiting a response from his personal assistant. -Mkini