Ramkarpal Singh: They raided 1MDB. Ambank next?

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Ramkarpal Singh is the Member of Parliament for Bukit Gelugor and an Advocate & Solicitor Karpal Singh & Co.

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Malay Mail Online

Is AmBank next on the cards? DAP MP asks after 1MDB office raid

Officers from the special task force remove a CPU and a box from the 1Malaysia Development Berhad’s office at Menara IMC in Kuala Lumpur, July 8, 2015. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
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KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 — Opposition lawmaker Ramkarpal Singh Deo questioned today if the special task force will soon raid Arab-Malaysian Bank (AmBank) as part of its investigations into the US$700 million (RM2.6 billion) money trail from state-owned 1 Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) into personal bank accounts purportedly owned by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

The DAP MP for Bukit Gelugor also chided the task force for taking four days before mounting an operation on 1MDB’s office at Menara IMC here today when the law empowered it to act speedily.

“In such serious circumstances, it is shocking as to why it took investigators at least four (4) days to raid the premises of 1MDB,” he said in a statement.

“It is also necessary to enquire as to whether the premises of AmBank will be subjected to a similar raid since the money trail, according to WSJ, ended in an account there,” he added.

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Cops raid 1MDB office: http://bit.ly/1CZIv4h #BreakingNews

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Sealed boxes seen removed during 1MDB raid http://bit.ly/1D04ic0

KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 — Boxes marked “1Malaysia Development Berhad” (1MDB) were transported from the state-owned firm’s office here even as a raid by the authorities stretches on since morning. The sealed boxes were placed in the back of a truck that was later driven away from the premises.

Earlier on, media personnel spotted three men believed to be plain clothes investigators walking into the building after alighting from an unmarked car. The multi-agency raid, which is still ongoing, reportedly started at 11.30am this morning at Menara IMC, where 1MDB’s office is located. A van and car marked with the police’s logo were seen parked outside the building.

Earlier today, 1MDB confirmed that its office here is being raided by a special taskforce investigating the firm and documents have also been confiscated by the investigators.

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Our own Ida Lim is now at Menara IMC, where police are said to be raiding 1MDB’s office: http://bit.ly/1Cnd4Wu