Cops say they won't call in Zahid for now

Police have no plans to call in former deputy prime minister and current Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi for questioning as of now.

Deputy inspector-general of police Noor Rashid Ibrahim (above) said this when asked by reporters today.

The question comes following former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak and his wife being probed by police over investigations into 1MDB-related cases.

"So far, there is no plan (to call in Zahid). There is no investigation being conducted by the police on Zahid," he said during a press conference at Royal Malaysian Police College in Cheras.

Zahid was also called in by MACC today for questioning over several issues, his third time since BN lost its power in May.

Zahid was previously questioned by the anti-graft authority over the RM2.6 billion “donation” to Najib an alleged misappropriation of Akal Budi Foundation's funds.

On another matter, Noor Rashid said police would look into a police report lodged by the youth wing of Amanah which urged police to probe an alleged cash transfer from Umno to PAS.

He said police would see if the case involved corruption or elements of commercial crime.

"So far there is no investigation. But if there is a report lodged, we will look into it.

"If it involves elements of corruption, we will refer the case to the MACC. But if it involves elements of commercial crime, police will conduct an investigation," said Noor Rashid.

Second autopsy

Berita Harian had reported that Terengganu Amanah Youth lodged a report over a copy of a bank transaction slip involving an amount of RM1.5 million from the Umno Treasurer's special officer to a PAS fund and another RM1 million to three individuals.

On the second post-mortem conducted on the remains of Cradle Fund chief executive officer Nazrin Hassan, the deputy IGP said they were still waiting for the full report.

"We will try to get it as soon as possible so that we can continue with our investigation.

"Hopefully by this week," he said.

Police had on Monday exhumed the remains of Nazrin, who died in what was first thought as fire in his house in Mutiara Damansara on June 14.

The second autopsy was allowed to facilitate the probe into the case which investigators had reclassified as murder in August. - Mkini