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Hounded by graft probe, fearing safety Malaysia's Najib seeks protection

Ersin Çelik
12:44 - 20/05/2018 Sunday
Update: 12:46 - 20/05/2018 Sunday
REUTERS
File Photo: Malaysia's former Prime Minister Najib Razak of Barisan Nasional (National Front) and his wife Rosmah Mansor show their ink-stained fingers after voting in Malaysia's general election in Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia, May 9, 2018.
File Photo: Malaysia's former Prime Minister Najib Razak of Barisan Nasional (National Front) and his wife Rosmah Mansor show their ink-stained fingers after voting in Malaysia's general election in Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia, May 9, 2018.

Who ate all the chocolate?

Peeved by their very public humiliation, Najib and his wife had their lawyers issue statements on Saturday complaining about the conduct of the police.

Rosmah's lawyer said it risked creating a "premature public trial", while allegations from Najib's lawyer prompted an internal police probe into who ate the family's chocolate.

"The cavalier and irresponsible manner in which the raid was conducted, and the seizure made is reflected by the manner in which the police personnel helped themselves to food and chocolates in the refrigerator and further demanded that the meals be prepared for them," Najib's lawyer, Harpal Singh Grewal, said in a statement.

In response Amar Singh, director of the police's commercial crime investigation department, promised "stern action...if the allegations are found to be true".

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