Federal commercial crime investigation department director Mohd Kamarudin Din said the delay, among others, was caused by the suspension of the Vaccination Travel Lane (VTL) between Malaysia and Singapore, beginning Dec 23, 2021 to Jan 20 this year.

Singapore had said that it had proposed for the Malaysian team to conduct its visit between Feb 8 and Feb 9 this year, but the Malaysian side only responded on March 10, requesting to enter the republic in mid to late March.

Kamarudin also said that the investigating officer tested positive for Covid-19 in February.

“This led to the investigating officer not being able to respond with suitable dates to go to Singapore,” he said in a statement.

Kamarudin added that the Singaporean witnesses whom the Malaysian police wanted to interview have yet to agree and this too contributed to the delay.

On the new dates, he said Singapore’s commercial affairs department had agreed for the Malaysian team to be in Singapore for two days from March 29 to collect information and statements related to the case.

Kamarudin stressed that the police were committed to ensuring that the case is completed as soon as possible in a transparent and fair manner without protecting any party.

On March 8, deputy law minister Mas Ermieyati Samsudin told Parliament that police were supposed to continue with the investigation in Singapore but were unable to do so because the border had been closed.

Singapore police were reported to have informed Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) of suspicious transactions in 2015 and 2016 involving a company owned by Zeti’s husband and one of her sons.

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