Statements recorded by cops, Najib and Rosmah to head to MACC next

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak and Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor have had their statements recorded by Bukit Aman.

Her lawyers confirmed this when met outside the police headquarters at 11.35am on Friday (Feb 21).

“Their statements were taken at 10.30am and 10.45am respectively. That’s all I can tell you all because the matter is subject to investigations.

“I can confirm that both will be at the MACC (Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission) later today at 2pm, ” said lawyer Rajivan Nambiar.

Previously, Bukit Aman CID director Comm Datuk Huzir Mohamed said that the former prime minister and his wife would be called back before the end of the month for statements into certain audio recordings revealed by the MACC last month.

At a press conference on Jan 8, the MACC revealed a series of nine audio recordings of high-ranking officials, including Najib, alleging this was a “criminal conspiracy at the highest level”.

The MACC claimed that another recording was of Rosmah and Najib, in which Rosmah was heard expressing her displeasure over a certain matter related to MACC investigations.

Among other individuals that the MACC identified in the audio recordings were former MACC chief Tan Sri Dzulkifli Ahmad, former Tabung Haji chairman Datuk Seri Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim, and Najib's former principal private secretary Tan Sri Shukry Mohd Salleh.

The recordings were said to have been made between Jan 5,2016, and July 29,2016.