It took 22 bank officers three days to count 35 bags of cash seized from residences linked to former premier Najib Abdul Razak, revealed commercial crimes department director Amar Singh.
“We seized 72 bags. Of this, 35 contained cash in 26 currencies,” he told a press conference in Kuala Lumpur this morning.
Amar said the cash was counted by 21 officers from Bank Negara and one officer from Bank Islam.
The total amount was RM114 million.
The value of the remaining 37 bags, which contained jewellery and watches, have yet to be ascertained.
On May 18, the police seized the 72 bags and another 284 boxes containing designer handbags from the upmarket Pavilion Residences in Kuala Lumpur.
Meanwhile, Amar said photographs circulating online which purportedly show the items seized were fake.
He called on all quarters not to spread those photographs.
Yesterday, Umno said the cash was campaign funds being transferred to the new leadership following Najib's resignation as party president.
Earlier, Najib had lodged a police report claiming the same. - Mkini
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