马来西亚警方搜查了前总理纳吉布的住所,据报道搜寻与一项涉及国家投资基金的腐败丑闻调查有关的文件。
纳吉布星期三晚上在附近一座清真寺祈祷后返回家中不久,人们看到他的住房外有十几辆警车。
纳吉布自从上星期在大选中失败后,实际上被软禁在家。警察对通往他家的道路实行管制。这位前总理和他妻子被禁止出国。
商业犯罪总监辛格对当地媒体说,警察在纳吉布拥有或与其有关的5处房屋搜查与一项正在进行的调查有关的证据,但是拒绝透露详情。
新总理马哈蒂尔曾表示,有充足的证据来调查有关国家资金支持的一马发展有限公司的数十亿美元丑闻。一马发展有限公司由纳吉布建立。
曾经是马哈蒂尔弟子的纳吉布否认有任何不法行为。
包括美国在内的至少6个国家的警方正在进行有关这个案件的调查。
Malaysian police have raided the home of former Prime Minister Najib Razak reportedly searching for documents as part of a probe into a corruption scandal involving a state investment fund.
More than a dozen police vehicles were seen at Najib’s house shortly after he returned home from prayers at a nearby mosque late Wednesday.
Najib has virtually been under house arrest since he lost the general election last week. Police have limited access to his road and the former leader and his wife are forbidden to leave the country.
Commercial crime director Amar Singh Ishar Singh told local media that police were searching for evidence in an ongoing probe and that it was being carried out at five locations belonging to or linked to Najib. He declined to give details.
The new Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has said there is enough evidence to investigate a multibillion-dollar scandal at state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), which was founded by Najib.
Najib, once Mahathir’s protege, has denied any wrongdoing.
The scandal is being investigated by police in at least six countries, including the United States.