Bukit Aman team raids Deloitte
Friday, 24 May 2019
by austin camoens
KUALA LUMPUR: A team from Bukit Aman’s Commercial Crime Investigation Department raided audit firm Deloitte at Taman Tun Dr Ismail here in its investigations into the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) scandal.
More than a dozen plainclothed and uniformed police personnel arrived at the office tower here at about 10.45am yesterday in three unmarked police cars before making their way to the offices on the 16th floor.
Several police personnel could be seen walking in and out of the building’s lobby to where their
vehicles were parked.
The team was seen exiting the building and heading for the loading bay at the lower ground floor at about 5.30pm.
The officers were seen loading two cardboard boxes into an unmarked police car and a police van there before the van went down to the basement.
An additional nine boxes were loaded into the van there. They left the building around 5.55pm.
Deloitte is believed to be the first firm to be raided by federal police in their investigations into the scandal.
It is among the “big four” international accounting companies that include Ernst and Young, KPMG
and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Deloitte was appointed as the auditor for 1MDB Real Estate Sdn Bhd between 2015 and 2016.
Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Mazlan Mansor, when contacted, confirmed the raid.
“I can confirm that we have raided the firm and seized documents to help in our probe into the 1MDB case. A team from the Bukit Aman CCID conducted the raid in accordance with their ongoing investigations into the case,” he said, adding that no arrests was made during the raid.
The raid came just a day after police announced they had new leads on the whereabouts of Low Taek Jho, better known as Jho Low.
Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Abdul Hamid Bador said they would do their best to bring the fugitive Malaysian businessman, linked to 1MDB, home as soon as possible.
He said Jho Low’s actions had plunged the country into debt, adding that the businessman should be held responsible for the mess.
Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2019/05/24/bukit-aman-team-raids-deloitte/#dh1DY8QjwjJfayad.99
