Investigate CID chief over Aussie deposits, Low tells MACC

PETALING JAYA: A minister has asked for federal police Criminal Investigation Department (CID) director Datuk Seri Wan Ahmad Najmuddin Mohd to be investigated over the almost RM1 million that was found in his Australian bank account.
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Paul Low Seng Kuan today said the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) should investigate Wan Ahmad instead of waiting for a report to be lodged against him.
Low, who oversees the country's fight against graft, said, "It should be investigated because the case seems to be improper conduct. Even without someone filing a report, MACC should initiate an investigation."
MACC deputy chief commissioner (operations) Datuk Seri Azam Baki said yesterday that if there is a complaint made to the commission, which is backed with evidence, then the case will be looked into and an investigation would be initiated.
He said this as the Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Mohamad Fuzi Harun and Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, had cleared the police director, signifying that there was no grounds for the MACC to investigate the case.
"The police integrity department has probed the matter and concluded there is no case. It has taken the necessary steps to determine this and they should know the case better. We have to be fair to him (Wan Ahmad) too. However, we have read the article (by the Australian media) which comes from an open source and have taken note of all the information given to us.
"We will look into it if a complaint which is viable for us to investigate is lodged with us. Of course we need evidence, then we need to liaise with the Australian authorities if an investigation is decided. So far there has been no party that has come forward," he told theSun.
On Friday, the Sydney Morning Herald revealed the Australian Federal Police (AFP) had frozen A$320,000 (RM975,792), which had been transferred without compliance with Australian laws, in Wan Ahmad's Australian Commonwealth Bank account in 2016.