Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department deputy director (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. 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 the investigations into nine audio recordings exposed by the MACC and allegedly involving a high-level criminal conspiracy.

Those who already had their statements taken included Baling MP 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 when he was the prime minister, and the recordings of several other phone conversations with regard to investigations into the 1MDB 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.