Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar says Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s son Mohd Nazifuddin Najib is not involved in a scam said to have cheated thousands of people in Thailand. – The Malaysian Insider file pic, May 16, 2015.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar has dismissed as rumours any information on the alleged involvement of Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s son in multilevel company UFun which is said to have cheated thousands of people in Thailand.
He said that Malaysian police had contacted its counterparts in Thailand to check on the validity of the information, which turned out to be untrue.
“Thai police never mentioned PM's son (Mohd Nazifuddin Najib)” said Khalid.
Nazifuddin in a statement on Thursday said he had resigned from the posts of director and chairman of Sagajuta Sdn Bhd in May 2012.
"I have no involvement with the group and have already told the police, Bank Negara and the Thai embassy of this when I first discovered it a couple of years back," he was quoted as saying in media reports.
He also reportedly said there was no link between Sagajuta and UFun.
"UFun has used my name to deceive buyers to encourage them to enrol in their Ponzi scheme."
He added that a now-viral video linking him to the controversial company was a "libellous personal attack", saying that he had fallen victim to cyber bullying.
"I will not be hampered by these malicious attempts to defame and character assassinate me," he was reported as saying.
UFun had allegedly cheated 120,000 people in Thailand of over RM4 billion.
Thai assistant police chief Suwira Songmeta was quoted by Bangkok Post last month as saying that about 400 police officers were assigned to receive complaints nationwide and 110 people had filed complaints against UFun Thailand.
Suwira quoted Malaysian police as reporting that a large number of Malaysians had also invested in the pyramid scheme operated by UFun in Thailand.
Federal Commercial Crime Investigation Department director Datuk Mortadza Nazarene meanwhile said they were not aware of any Malaysian victims as so far no reports had been lodged against UFun in the country.
“So far no reports were lodged. We have checked,” he said.
He said Malaysian commercial police were assisting their Thai counterparts to locate some of the Malaysians who were believed to be involved in the Ponzi scheme.
“We are helping them to trace these people,” said Mortadza.
- TMI
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