Cops visit office, home of ‘Tan Sri' linked to MBI
GEORGE TOWN: Police visited the office and house of a 53-year-old businessman with a 'Tan Sri' title who was arrested to facilitate investigation into the Mobility Beyond Imagination (MBI) investment scam.
The team from Bukit Aman spent about two hours in the businessman's office in Bayan Baru where he was seen clad in an orange detention outfit, before heading to his residence in Gelugor.
It is not known if any materials or assets were seized during the visits to the two locations.
Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department acting director Datuk Muhammed Hasbullah Ali confirmed that the suspect was taken to both his office and home on Friday to facilitate in on-going investigations.
He said a press conference would be held later to provide updates on the progress of the Ops Northern Star investigation.
The 'Tan Sri' was arrested upon his return from overseas at about 2am on Thursday.
This brings the total of those detained to 14.
The arrests of 13 suspects earlier – who included two 'Tan Sri' businessmen and a 'Datuk Seri' – were made between March 21 and April 21, with RM3.5bil in assets seized, including a hotel and durian plantations linked to the MBI investment scam.
Among the durian plantations seized were plantations in Pahang, Penang and Kedah worth RM223,624,167.75.
An additional 299 bank accounts with RM123,614,594.35 had also been frozen.
These assets were believed to have been purchased or had links to the proceeds from the scheme's illegal gains.
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