MACC will inform us if Mara’s Melbourne deal is CBT, says top cop

Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar says today police are leaving it to MACC to conduct the investigations in Mara’s Melbourne property purchase. – The Malaysian Insider pic by Afif Abd Halim, June 30, 2015.

Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said today police would wait for the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to alert them if there were elements of criminal breach of trust (CBT) in the Majlis Amanah Rakyat's (Mara) Melbourne property purchase.

The inspector-general of police, however, reiterated that, at the moment, police did not consider the case as CBT.

"I never say that there was no investigation (being done). I said, at the moment, we do not see any element of CBT in the case," he said.

DAP yesterday slammed Khalid for clearing Mara of CBT and questioned if the force were trying to protect someone.

Its national publicity chief, Tony Pua, reportedly said the IGP had been "double quick" in dismissing any criminal investigations against Mara officials and had passed the buck completely to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).

Khalid today said he would leave it to MACC to conduct the investigations as the anti-graft body had already started its probe into the case since March.

"I am sure if there are elements of CBT, MACC will let us know," he said after the closing of an anti-human trafficking and migrant smuggling seminar in Kuala Lumpur today.

- TMI