KUALA LUMPUR: All requests for assistance from the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) relating to the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) investigation were promptly addressed, says the Singapore Police Force (SPF).

       This included PDRM asking specifically about Datuk Dr Tawfiq Ayman.

       “PDRM made the request to travel to Singapore to conduct further investigations on Dec 2 last year.

       “SPF’s Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) responded on Dec 6, agreeing to the request.

       “We proposed multiple dates and arrangements to comply with the Covid-19 border measures,” it said in a statement.

       Singapore police were responding to media reports that PDRM was waiting for permission and assistance to conduct further investigation into 1MDB, especially on Dr Tawfiq, the husband of former Bank Negara Malaysia governor Tan Sri Zeti Akhtar Aziz.

       “There were multiple correspondence subsequently. In the last correspondence on Jan 10, CAD proposed for the visit to then be conducted between Feb 8 and 9.

       “PDRM responded on March 8, when they asked to enter Singapore in mid- to late-March,” it said.

       Singapore has facilitated Malaysia’s 1MDB-related investigations in other ways since 2015.