KUALA LUMPUR, June 9 — The police are yet to call up former 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) chief executive Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi for an interview following recent recommendations by Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC).

Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said the special team he heads has been poring over documents related to 1MDB deals, and offered his assurance that once this is done, Shahrol and several others will be summoned.

"We will call him to give his statement, we have not called him yet. Like I said before, we took a lot of time, we had to go through a lot of documents, so I don't want to rush my team into this investigation.

"They are doing it slowly and surely, checking all the documents and Shahrol will be one of those we will call," he told reporters here after attending the 81st Police Cooperative Annual General Meeting (AGM).

In April, Khalid said the police have resumed their investigations on 1MDB, following the findings presented by the PAC report on the firm that was presented in Parliament then.

From the panel’s findings, Khalid said the case would be investigated for cheating and criminal breach of trust by an agent or public servant.

Today, the national police chief added that the police are also investigating the alleged leak of a document from Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) to PAC concerning the ownership of Good Star Ltd.

"Yes, that is also being investigated. We have so far interviewed in total, seven people in connection with the case, including Bank Negara," he added.

Last month, Bernama reported Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak as saying that BNM Governor Datuk Muhammad Ibrahim lodged a police report against the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) over the alleged document leakage.

Najib told reporters this when asked if he would be taking action against the WSJ following a string of reports on 1MDB.

Najib said the police would have to investigate the report as publishing documents under the Official Secrets Act (OSA) was a very serious matter.