DAP lawmaker Lim Lip Eng lodged a police report today against those named in the 1MDB-related civil lawsuits filed by the US Department of Justice (DOJ).

“I want the police to investigate the names stated by the DOJ and the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), that is, Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak’s stepson Riza Aziz and (businessman) Jho Low, as well as Malaysian Official 1.

“I want police to also investigate where is the US$3.5 million, which the FBI said was stolen from 1MDB,” Lim told reporters outside the Dang Wangi police district headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, after he lodged the report.

The Segambut MP also gave the inspector-general of police (IGP) Khalid Abu Bakar one week from today to start investigating the report he lodged.

Otherwise, he said, Pakatan Harapan and various NGOs would take “drastic action”.

This would include, but is not limited to, a peaceful demonstration on the streets, he said.

The police report was also lodged on behalf of various NGOs, whose representatives were also present at Dang Wangi, said former Selangor state executive councillor Ronnie Liu.

The DOJ announced earlier this week that it has filed civil lawsuits in Los Angeles, seeking the forfeiture and return of US$1 billion in assets, which it alleged had been laundered through 1MDB.

Six years on, still probing

NGOs present today include Malaysian Indian Voice, student group Kesatuan Mahasiswa Malaysia and Otai Reformis.

Lim said that this was the last time he would be making a police report on 1MDB, as at this point, either the police acts on the reports he had already lodged, or they wouldn’t.

He also lamented it had taken the IGP too long to merely complete phase one of the 1MDB investigations.

“DAP lawmakers first raised this (1MDB) issue in March 2010. It is now July 2016.

“(It has taken) six years to complete phase one of the 1MDB investigation, and only now they're opening phase two.

“How long will this take? Another six years?” Lim asked.

He also questioned why phase two involved sending investigators overseas to record testimonies from witnesses who are abroad.

Riza and Low, he pointed out, are Malaysian citizens and should be called back to the country so the police can record their statements here.

“Why not call them to come back? Low and Riza are Malaysian citizens.

“Why do we want to continue to spend the rakyat's money to go overseas to investigate?

“Cancel their passports, ask them to come back and detain them. That's what should be done,” Lim said.

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed lawsuits in Los Angeles earlier this week, seeking to seize assets located in US and abroad, including in the UK and Switzerland, as it alleged that the assets were involved in money-laundering through 1MDB.

The assets include mansions, artworks, a private jet and gambling debt in Las Vegas casinos.

The lawsuits named Riza, Low and two Abu Dhabi government officials, Khadem al-Qubaisi and Mohamed Ahmed Badawy Al-Husseiny.

Najib was not named in the suits.