Singaporean police confirm assisting investigations into Tawfiq Ayman

KUALA LUMPUR - The Singaporean Police today have confirmed that they are assisting their counterparts here in the investigations of Datuk Dr Tawfiq Ayman, who have been linked to the 1MDB scandal.

Singaporean police have also stated that they had been facilitating Malaysia’s 1MDB related investigations since 2015, including arranging for the repatriation of about S$88 million (RM274 million) of seized 1MDB-monies back to the Malaysian government.

"The police would like to clarify that all requests for assistance from the RMP (Royal Malaysian Police) have been dealt with promptly, and we have been facilitative. For the investigations into Datuk Dr Tawfiq Ayman, RMP made the request to travel to Singapore to conduct further investigations on December 2, 2021. CAD responded on December 6, 2021, to agree to the request; we proposed multiple dates for the visit, and also proposed arrangements to comply with the Covid-19 border measures.

“There were multiple correspondences subsequently. In the last correspondence on January 10, 2022, CAD proposed for the visit to then be conducted between 8 and 9 February 2022, and RMP responded March 8, 2022, when they requested to enter Singapore in mid to late March,'' said Singaporean police in a statement today.

The investigation on Tawfiq, who is also the husband of former Bank Negara Governor Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz, involved allegations that he received funds linked to 1MDB.