R Rajagopal, formerly of the Bukit Aman commercial crime investigation department, said investigations in the case are ongoing even today, although he is no longer involved following his retirement two years ago.

He said the police are awaiting receipt of certain documents from overseas as part of the probe.

Rajagopal said, following his recommendation, the public prosecutor did not pursue charges against the company’s former CEOs Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi and Hazem Abdul Rahman, and its former chief financial officers Azmi Tahir and Radhi Mohamad.

“For several individuals who could not be found, charges were filed to obtain arrest warrants so we could apply for Interpol red notices,” he said.

Those charged in absentia included fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho (also known as Jho Low), his aide Tan Kim Loong, former 1MDB general counsel Loo Ai Swan (Jasmine Loo), former 1MDB executive director Tang Keng Chee (Casey Tang) and ex-1MDB officer Geh Choh Heng (Terence Geh).

Loo returned in 2023 and testified as a prosecution witness in this case.

Today, Rajagopal told the court that police have yet to record statements from Low or Najib.

“For Terence and Casey, we need to take further statements from them,” he added.

Najib is standing trial on 25 counts of money laundering and abuse of power over alleged 1MDB funds amounting to RM2.28 billion deposited into his AmBank accounts between February 2011 and December 2014.

The hearing continues tomorrow before Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah.