Cops in the dark over chocolate bandits

KUALA LUMPUR: Police are still in the dark over the chocolate bandits alleged to have struck during a recent police search at premises linked to former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

Since Najib’s lawyers issued a statement alleging that chocolates had gone missing from a fridge at one of the premises, no one has come forward to accuse the culprit or give any information on the alleged chocolate theft.

His lawyers also alleged that police demanded for food to be prepared for them during the search on May 19.

Federal Commercial Crime Inves­tigation Department (CCID) director Comm Datuk Seri Amar Singh reiterated that he had requested the lawyers to come forward and lodge a report.

“Tell us exactly who had taken the chocolates and we will investigate further,” he said at the Federal CCID headquarters yesterday.

Comm Amar was seen stifling a smile while the room burst into laughter when the question on the missing chocolates was raised.

On a serious note, he said he had given his men a “very strict and stern warning” before the search.

“We were supposed to conduct the search as professionally as we could because we were searching the premises of the ex-prime minister and his family.

“No photographs were to be taken during the search,” he said.

Comm Amar smiled again when asked to offer his two cents on the “Chocs4Cops” campaign, but he declined to comment.

The Facebook event, dubbed “Jom Bagi Coklat Kat Abang & Akak Polis”, was organised by Siti Kasim to offer chocolates for the men and women in blue today as Malaysians were amused over the mystery of the missing chocolates.