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KUALA LUMPUR (March 3): Bukit Aman said today that it has begun investigations into Datuk Dr Tawfiq Ayman for allegedly receiving funds linked to 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) in a Singapore bank account under his name.
Bukit Aman Commercial Criminal Investigation Department director Datuk Zainuddin Yaacob said in a press release that they are investigating Tawfiq under Section 4(1)(a) of the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Act 2001.
He also said that the police will be investigating the matter under the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2002 in relation to the funds which are allegedly in Singapore, adding that this Act will enable them to interview witnesses abroad.
Saturday, 27 Feb 2021 08:11 PM MYT
BY ASHMAN ADAM
Former governor of Bank Negara Malaysia Tan Sri Zeti Akhtar Aziz (left) has not responded to allegations concerning a company owned by her husband and son. — Picture by Miera Zulyana
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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 — Singaporean police had tipped off Malaysia’s central bank of suspicious transactions involving a company owned by the husband and son of former Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) governor Tan Sri Zeti Akhtar Aziz, business paper
The Edge reported today.
According to the report, the republic’s Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) had shared this information with BNM in 2015 and 2016, when Zeti was still its governor.