Home minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission had sought the police’s help to apply for the Interpol Red Notice in August 2023.

“However, until now, Interpol is still in the process of evaluating the application,” he said in a written parliamentary reply to a question from Chong Zhemin (PH-Kampar) yesterday.

A Red Notice is a request to law enforcement agencies worldwide to locate and provisionally arrest a person pending extradition, surrender or similar legal action.

In September last year, Interpol requested for more information after a request to issue a Red Notice against Adlan and his lawyer, Mansoor Saat, had been submitted.

The following month, Bukit Aman said the documents requested had been officially submitted. Further information was submitted to Interpol in March this year.

Adlan and Mansoor are being sought by MACC to assist in an investigation into a project involving the registration, recruitment and storage of foreign worker biometric data at a ministry.

Although MACC had previously indicated that Adlan and Mansoor left the country in May, both individuals subsequently issued statements refuting any claim that they were on the run from the law.

Separately, Saifuddin said efforts to track down fugitive financier Low Taek Jho, better known as Jho Low, were ongoing.

“We have evaluated every piece of information received regarding his whereabouts in foreign countries to determine their authenticity through international channels of cooperation,” he said.