No raid by the Police, checked CCTV only

The police have yesterday refuted several reports of a raid against a deluxe Kuala Lumpur apartment block where relatives of ousted prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak had been staying.

Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Seri Mazlan Lazim was reported telling the New Straits Times that such reports were untrue.

“The police are investigating the [news] reports and claims linked to the former prime minister. But, we have not conducted any raids as claimed by several media agencies Saturday.

“We are in the midst of checking the veracity of some of these reports and are gathering information accordingly but the so-called raid at Pavilion Residences tonight is not true,” he told the daily.

“Some of these reports published are not from credible sources. They probably heard it from a third party. It is not only unethical but is also an offence,” he added.

Yesterday, international news agency Reuters reported that police officers said they were acting after a complaint that a government vehicle had delivered dozens of boxes made to carry designer handbags and other items to the apartment for Najib’s wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor.

Reuters saw about 20 police officers enter the marble-floored lobby of the Pavilion Residences apartment block in the Malaysian capital, just as Mahathir was holding a news conference to announce key members of his Cabinet.

They were aided by at least a dozen other plainclothes law-enforcement officers. Security personnel from the building — which is owned by Datuk Desmond Lim, a wealthy Malaysian businessman and supporter of Najib — were cooperative.

According to the officers, members of Najib’s family had been staying at the apartments, but they declined to name them.

The police action followed a complaint lodged by two leaders of the youth wing of Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia, alleging that vans emblazoned with the logo of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet delivered boxes for 50 Birkin handbags to Pavilion Residences on Thursday evening.

source from Malaymail