Police will record statements from the former prime minister, Najib Tun Razak and his wife, Rosmah Mansor next week, to assist in the investigations into several audio recordings released by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).

Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department deputy direction (Intelligence and Operations), Mohd Roze Shaari said they were trying to get a suitable date to enable both to be at the federal police headquarters to give their statements.

"Police will record their statements next week but we are waiting for a suitable date for them to appear at Bukit Aman as both are busy with their respective court hearings," he told Bernama.

On Monday, Roze had reportedly said that police had recorded statements from 12 witnesses to facilitate investigations into nine audio recordings exposed by the MACC and allegedly involved a high-level criminal conspiracy.

This include Baling Member of Parliament, Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim; Shukry Mohd Salleh, who was Najib’s principal private secretary and Amhari Efendi Nazaruddin, the former special officer to Najib.

On Jan 8, the MACC released the audio recording of a conversation allegedly involving leakage of information from the Attorney General’s Chambers to Najib and the recordings of several other phone conversations on investigations into the 1Malaysia Development Berhad and SRC International Sdn Bhd scandals.

Besides Najib, the conversations allegedly involved Rosmah, former MACC chief commissioner Dzulkifli Ahmad, a member of the Abu Dhabi royalty, and several other individuals. - Bernama