KUALA LUMPUR: Three witnesses who are supposed to help police investigations into a suitcase containing RM500,000 found at a shopping centre have yet to come forward.
Selangor police chief Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said the three people were associates of the director of a timber company, who claimed ownership of the suitcase.
"We are still waiting for them to come forward to have their statements recorded. However, they claimed to be out of the country.
"Investigations are ongoing to identify the source of the funds," he said when met at the National Mosque here today.
Hussein was at the mosque to pay his last respects to the former inspector-general of police Tun Mohammed Hanif Omar, who died this morning.
On April 6, Hussein said that three more witnesses would assist in the investigation.
The person claiming to be the owner of the suitcase of RM500,000 had told police the bag was taken from his friend's apartment above a shopping complex in Damansara, but he was unaware it was not put into his vehicle.
The man said his friend had given him the money to repay a loan for investment.
On March 20, a security guard found a pink-and-white bag filled with over half a million ringgit, which was left at a shopping mall's parking lot.
The bag, containing RM100, RM50, and RM10 notes, was then handed over to the police.
