Investigating officer Ahmad Marzuqi Ibrahim said in his witness statement that he suspected this because, aside from former minister Syed Saddiq, only Siti Nurul Hidayah and Lim Hooi Sean knew the combination for the safe.
Marzuqi said there was no trace of the safe being forced open and that only Syed Saddiq’s fingerprints were found on it.
“I suspected that the trio were involved. I have sent a letter to obtain certain information from Bank Negara but have yet to receive a response until today,” he said.
Marzuqi, who is the fifth witness in Syed Saddiq’s trial, said the deputy public prosecutor had agreed that he investigate the allegation that a sum of RM250,000 was missing from a safe in the Muar MP’s home under Section 48 and 4(1) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001.
He said police had earlier detained Syed Saddiq’s maid, Novi Dwi Anggraeni, for two weeks to facilitate investigations, but that she was released after they could not find any evidence linking her with the alleged theft.
Meanwhile, another witness told the court that an individual known as “Hidayah Saddiq 2” in a WhatsApp group called “Ocean 17” had written, “Such a headache … just now, in a video call, he said it’s the party’s money”.
Wan Mohd Firdaus Wan Yusof, a technology forensics officer with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, said this after being asked by deputy public prosecutor Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladin to read out the conversation which allegedly took place around 3pm on March 30, 2020.
Firdaus said the message was part of a WhatsApp conversation extracted from a mobile phone belonging to Bersatu Youth assistant treasurer Rafiq Hakim Razali.
However, Firdaus did not identify who the WhatsApp message referred to.
Under cross-examination, Syed Saddiq’s lawyer Gobind Singh Deo challenged Firdaus to identify the provision of law which allows him to extract someone’s personal messages and for the purpose of issuing a forensics report.
“There is none, is there,” Gobind asked Firdaus, to which Firdaus replied, “I am not sure.”
Syed Saddiq faces four charges of criminal breach of trust, misappropriation of funds, and money laundering of more than RM1 million belonging to Bersatu’s youth wing.
The trial before Judge Azhar Abdul Hamid will continue on July 4.