PUTRAJAYA: Police are believed to be recording a statement from former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad over a probe on possible criminal breach of trust and cheating during Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) foreign exchange losses in the 1990s.
A team of policemen were seen entering the Perdana Leadership Foundation headquarters here at 1.34pm.
Two police Proton Preve vehicles arrived at the building and four policemen were seen entering the premises.
The policemen are believed to be a part of a special task force under the Commercial Crime Investigation Department from the Federal police headquarters investigating the case.
Prior to that, four lawyers were seen walking into the premises, led by Dr Mahathir's lawyer Mohamed Haniff Khatri Abdulla.
Scores of reporters have been waiting outside the premises since noon as they were denied entry.
Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) secretary Datuk Dr Yusof Ismail, who is the Finance Ministry’s Strategic Investment Division director, had lodged a report at the Putrajaya police headquarters to prompt police to start an official investigation.
In the police report, it was stated that those who were involved in the alleged wrongdoings were BNM officers, BNM Board of Members, National Audit Department, Finance Ministry and the prime minister, who served during the period.
Inspector-General of police Tan Sri Mohamad Fuzi Harun had previously said that the case was being investigated under Section 409 of the Penal Code for criminal breach of trust.