Inspector-general of police Khalid Abu Bakar has urged the public not to rush the police with regard to their investigation into 1MDB.

He said the police have to carry out the investigation in a proper manner.
"As I have said (before), the investigation is still ongoing. I know some people are trying to rush us into doing our work. But you cannot rush us.

"Don't compare us with other organisations. You want us to do a good job, so we have to do it properly," Khalid told a press conference at the 36th Aseanapol Conference in Putrajaya today.

"Some witnesses took more than a week or two to complete their statements because so many documents have to be checked and for them to explain," he said.

"I assure you that the investigation is ongoing," he said.

He also declined to comment on whether police considered businessman Jho Low a suspect and if efforts were being made to bring him back to Malaysia.

"I won't say, because if I say it, then people will go into hiding. So we better don't. We will do what is necessary," he added.

Last week, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) named Low and Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak’s stepson Riza Aziz in its lawsuits to forfeit assets which it claims originated from funds diverted from 1MDB.

In its 1MDB report, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) held 1MDB former chief executive officer Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi and others in the management responsible for the weaknesses in the administration of the state-owned fund.

PAC recommended action be taken against Shahrol and others in the management team.

The police then formed an investigation team to probe into the PAC's findings on 1MDB.

The police cited Section 409 of the Penal Code for criminal breach of trust and Section 420 of the same code for cheating in their investigation on 1MDB.

Meanwhile, Khalid also rebutted criticism about police inaction in prosecuting Malaysian officials over the discovery of the bodies of human trafficking victims in mass graves in Wang Kelian in May 2015.

"Don't listen too much to these outsiders. They purposely (criticised us) to disturb us," he said.

It was reported that US envoy on combating human trafficking, Susan Coppedge, came to Malaysia following criticism that Malaysian authorities had failed to investigate the matter properly after the discovery of the mass graves.

Several US lawmakers also reportedly criticised Malaysia over the lack of prosecution against the Malaysian officials.

"There are more (suspects) that we want (to take action against), but they are not in the country. They are not our nationals and our officials," said Khalid.

Coppedge began her two-day visit from Monday and she will meet Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

Malaysia remains on the Tier 2 watch list in the 2016 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report of the United States.

Countries placed in the Tier 2 Watchlist are considered as nations that “do not fully meet the minimum standard in eliminating human trafficking”.