Bukit Aman to seek international cooperation in Bloomberg probe

2026-03-19 - 04:41

Inspector-General of Police Khalid Ismail said further action will have to be taken through agency-to-agency cooperation. (Bernama pic) KUALA LUMPUR: Police will need to go through international channels to proceed with investigations involving Bloomberg, following a recent visit to the media organisation’s local office at Menara Petronas. Inspector-General of Police Khalid Ismail said they met several staff during their visit, but were informed that the individuals linked to the matter are based overseas. “As such, the next course of action will have to be done on a government-to-government or agency-to-agency basis to obtain cooperation from the relevant parties,” he told reporters here today. On Feb 28, The Star reported that police had visited the local office of Bloomberg and asked for Tom Redmond and Niki Koswanage, who authored two articles published last month. The articles in question detailed allegations of abuse of power and extortion within the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC). They also claimed that a network of businessmen and MACC officers used raids and investigations to pressure executives into selling shares in targeted companies.