PUTRAJAYA: Attorney-General Tan Sri Apandi Ali today confirmed he had instructed the police for further investigations into 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).
He said the instruction was issued, as 25 per cent to 30 per cent of the investigation paper (IP) submitted to the AG Chambers had to be reviewed.
"IPs are constantly referred to the AG's Chambers. When we go through them and find there are lacking in certain areas, we give instruction they should pursue or investigate these areas, which I cannot disclose.
"But, the investigation is still on-going. I cannot tell you the details what more have to be investigated.
"There is lack of evidence, so we want to pursue that area of evidence,” he said after presenting contributions to the families of victims who perished in a fire at the Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah Centre last September.
It was reported that Apandi had instructed for further investigations into 1MDB on Oct 24, although police had concluded its investigations in September.
On Sept 20, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Mohamad Fuzi Harun was reported saying the police had concluded their investigations into 1MDB and there was no need to investigate the case further.
However, he had said the police would act if there were new instructions issued by the Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) or the federal cabinet.