Bukit Aman Commercial CID director Kamarudin Md Din said police had contacted the countries involved but have not received any response.

“The investigation paper has been wrapped up and would be submitted to the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) for further action. However, we have received orders to obtain the documents and witnesses involved,” he said in a media conference here today.

According to Kamarudin, police could not arbitrarily obtain the statements of witnesses and related documents, and have to wait for the green light from the relevant authorities in the countries involved.

It was reported previously that Tawfiq had, through his lawyers, issued a statement to clarify he had not received any form of bribes from anybody.

The statement was made following testimony by former Goldman Sachs Southeast Asia chairman Tim Leissner in the corruption trial of his former officer Roger Ng at the High Court in Brooklyn, New York recently.

Leissner was reported to have mentioned the involvement of Tawfiq in the transfer of funds out of the country to a joint project between 1MDB and PetroSaudi.

The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) had earlier reported that at least RM65 million linked to 1MDB funds was withdrawn from Singapore and was kept in a company owned by Tawfiq.