OMG HOW MASSIVE THE CORRUPTION: UNTIL NOW MALAYSIAN COPS ‘STILL COUNTING’ THE MONEY SEIZED FROM NAJIB RAIDS

A Malaysian police officer pushes a trolley during a raid of three apartments in a condominum owned by former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak’s family, in Kuala Lumpur, May 17, 2018, in this photo taken by The Straits Times. Picture taken May 17, 2018. Ariffin Jamar/The Straits Times via REUTERS

KUALA LUMPUR – Commercial Crime Investigations Department (CCID) policemen literally have their hands full counting the cash in various currencies seized from apartments in Pavilion Residences on Friday.

As of 3.30pm, CCID police have yet to finish the counting the cash, most of which were contained in 72 bags found in one of the apartments, belonging to a “Tan Sri” said to be a close associate of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, at the department’s headquarters in Menara 238 in Jalan Tun Razak.

The other two units in the luxury apartment complex are said to belong to Najib’s family members.

The New Straits Times Press observed at least one police truck and several Traffic Enforcement and Investigation Department policemen outside Menara 238, ready to transport any seized item anywhere.

Information received by NSTP revealed that the counting process began again at 10am and was likely to take a long time.

The process is especially tedious because CCID policemen need to record the serial number of each note. Another factor adding to the length of time needed to complete the process was the fact that there are several different currencies involved.

Once the process is completed, the money will be taken to federal police headquarters in Bukit Aman before being handed over to Bank Negara Malaysia whether it will be counted again.

It was also learnt that Bank Islam had been engaged to evaluate the jewellery and gold bars which were seized along with the cash.

Federal CCID director Datuk Seri Amar Singh, when contacted, confirmed that the counting process was still being done, but declined to elaborate.

This, he said, was because he did not want any misplaced speculation about the cash and items seized.

– NST