Malaysia PM to face graft cheap canada goose probe as police seize jewelry

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) Ousted Malaysian Prime Minister Najib canada goose Razak has been summoned by the anti graft agency amid a probe into troubled state fund 1MDB, sources said on Friday, after police launched pre dawn raids on premises linked to Najib and confiscated jewelry, luxury handbags and cash.

Malaysia’s former Prime Minister canada goose factory sale Najib Razak prays before he attends the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) 72th anniversary celebrations in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia May 11, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer

Police have been searching Najib home and other places as part of an investigation into canada goose outlet canada scandal plagued 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), an canada goose outlet shop extraordinary turn of events that few would have predicted before his shock defeat in the May 9 general election.

The embattled former premier is to meet Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC) officers on Tuesday.

Three commission sources canada goose outlet online confirmed that a notice had been served on Najib to give his statement in canada goose outlet toronto factory relation to their probe on SRC International, a former unit of 1MDB.

has been done, one source said when asked if the notice had been delivered to Najib at his family home.

A member of a panel that reviewed the MACC files on 1MDB found that the commission had evidence that Najib received $10.5 million from SRC International.

Najib lawyer declined to comment on the MACC summons. Najib has denied wrongdoing.

The investigations started barely a week after Najib ruling coalition suffered a spectacular loss to an opposition bloc led by his former mentor, Mahathir Mohamad, 92, the first change of government since Malaysia gained independence from Britain in 1957.

Mahathir on Friday announced his cabinet of 15 senior ministers who will take their oath of office on Monday.

Police seized 284 boxes of designer handbags and dozens of bags filled with cash and jewelry in the raid on a luxury condominium in the center of Kuala Lumpur linked to Najib.

Items such as Birkin handbags from Hermes, watches and other valuables were carted out of the condominium Canada Goose sale at the uk canada goose upmarket Pavilion Residences, police said.

how much jewelry, I would canada cheap Canada Goose goose outlet sale not be able to say, because we know that we confiscated bags containing jewelry and the number canada goose outlet parka of jewelry is rather big, Amar Singh, director of police commercial crime investigations, told reporters.

Mahathir has barred Najib and his wife, canada goose outlet store Rosmah Mansor, from leaving the country.

Mahathir says Canada Goose Outlet there is sufficient evidence to investigate the multi billion dollar scandal canada goose outlet nyc at the 1MDB fund that Najib founded.

Najib lawyer on Thursday denounced the search of Najib home as

Critics of Najib have often accused his wife of lavish spending, which they say was done with public funds. Justice Department said last year in a filing in a civil lawsuit that nearly $30 million of funds stolen from 1MDB was used to buy jewelry for Rosmah, including a rare 22 carat pink diamond set in a necklace.

Singh said police carried out simultaneous searches at six premises canada goose outlet jackets the prime minister office and official residence canada goose jacket outlet in the administrative capital of Putrajaya, the family mansion in Kuala Lumpur where canada goose outlet in usa Najib lives, and three other private residences.

is the result of the search in one of the six premises, Singh said, pointing to the hundreds of https://www.naslsoccerbowl.com luxury items seized from the condominium.

Singh said police had also seized documents linked to 1MDB.

Stories of lavish spending by Najib family have long been a sore point for Malaysians.

A prime minister earns a fixed salary cheap canada goose of 22,826.65 ringgit ($5,750) a month and cannot invest in businesses or stocks while in office. Najib earned an additional monthly salary of 16,000 ringgit as a member of parliament.

Police began their searches late on cheap canada goose uk Wednesday, with officers seen entering Najib private home some 20 minutes after he had asked, uk canada goose outlet in a post on Twitter, for for past sins.