Ex-Umno leader demands status of police probe into 1MDB, says world laughing at cops

Former Umno grassroots leader Datuk Seri Khairuddin Abu Hassan wrote a scathing post against the police today, questioning why the force had not acted on his report lodged over 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) last year but now wanted to question Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad for attending the Bersih 4 rally. Khairuddin, the former Umno Batu Kawan vice-chairman, said police had still not investigated Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and businessman Low Taek Jho over 1MDB which has debts of RM42 billion, since he lodged his police report in December. Directing his tirade at Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar, Khairuddin said the police should also question Najib's wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor as well as her son Riza Aziz. "If Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar can make a statement about wanting to call Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad for attending Bersih 4, why haven't Najib Razak, Rosmah Mansor, Riza Aziz and Jho Low been called up? "What is so special about them? Why is PDRM practicing double standards in their investigations?" Khairuddin, who was sacked from his party post in February this year, wrote in his Facebook account. He said Malaysians and the rest of the world were watching how the authorities had lost their credibility and were behaving in an unprofessional manner. "What is supposed to be given priority is not investigated. In the end PDRM will have to bear the shame," he wrote. Khalid recently said Dr Mahathir would be called for questioning for attending and making statements to the press at last weekend's Bersih 4 rally. The retired statesman and his wife Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali had attended the 34-hour rally on both days, where Dr Mahathir had said he did not support Bersih 4's demands for institutional reform and only wanted Najib to step down. Khairuddin today took jibes at the police, saying that the stories "created" about how former PetroSaudi International executive Xavier Andre Justo had forged or tampered with documents he stole about 1MDB had been denied by Thai police. The former Umno leader also scoffed at the Malaysian police's request to Interpol to place UK-based Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown, on its red notice, now that Interpol had rejected the request. Khairuddin's police report in December was lodged against the Finance Ministry-owned firm over weaknesses in its management of funds. In his report, he urged police to investigate 1MDB's directors and representatives of any company implicated in its scandals. Recently, Khairuddin also lodged police reports against 1MDB in London and France, and said he handed over evidence to the Swiss' Office of the Attorney-General. The Swiss authorities yesterday said that millions of dollars in Swiss bank accounts had been frozen as part of investigations into 1MDB, on suspicion of corruption and money-laundering. – September 3, 2015.