Bukit Aman CID chief Wan Ahmad Najmuddin Mohd is not the only police officer whose finances have come into question after sending their children to study abroad, claimed Segambut MP Lim Lip Eng.

Lim said that several people, including a police officer, had relayed to him information of a police station chief in Kuala Lumpur who had managed to send several children abroad to study, without any form of financial assistance.

The DAP lawmaker did not disclose more details on the allegation but urged the MACC and Bukit Aman to see him for more information, so they can commence investigations on said police station chief.

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“I was told that this is not an isolated case of a police personnel sending his children abroad.

“There is at least one other who is a police station chief – not a chief in Bukit Aman but a mere police station chief in Kuala Lumpur – who was able to send his children abroad to study.

“Is his salary enough? Does it tally? I want the MACC and Bukit Aman to investigate,” he told a press conference outside the central police headquarters this morning.

For the record, an assistant superintendent of police (ASP) - which is the typical rank of an officer in charge of a police station - earns between RM2,406.90 to RM6,087.70 in monthly salary.

This is according to a circular issued by the Public Service Commission in 2012 and does not include their allowances and other pay.

Lim told reporters that he does not intend to lodge a complaint with the police or the MACC but wants the agencies to come to him instead.

He quipped this was because he wanted to save petrol. Pressed for a proper answer, he said he wanted to highlight the issue to members of the public first.

Earlier, Lim handed over to a police representative a letter intended for Wan Ahmad urging him to explain reports claiming that A$320,000 (RM971,800) in his bank account in Australia had been frozen allegedly for containing laundered money or the proceeds of crime.

Wan Ahmad has denied any wrongdoing, while Inspector-General of Police Mohamad Fuzi Harun (above) said the police had been aware of the matter since 2016 and an internal investigation had exonerated him.

The IGP said the money was from the selling of Wan Ahmad's house in Shah Alam and was meant to fund his son’s aviation studies in Australia.

However, questions were raised on why the money was deposited in a series of small transactions in five different Australian states and why he Wan Ahmad did not attempt to reclaim his money despite the possibility of hiring lawyers on a “no win, no fee” basis to do so.