PUTRAJAYA (May 22): Home Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, today advised the new chief of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Datuk Seri Mohd Shukri Abdull to lodge a police report over what the latter claimed to be threats he had received while investigating a 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB)-related case.

Muhyiddin said action could only be taken if there was a police report and a prima facie case was established after an investigation.

“If there is a report that he was threatened, the police will have to investigate, establish the facts and submit the outcome of the probe.

“That’s the standard operating procedure and, if there is a prima facie case, action will be taken,” he said at a press conference after signing in for work on his first day at the ministry here.

Muhyiddin was commenting on Mohd Shukri’s claim that he had to leave the country because he felt that his life was under threat when he led an investigation into an alleged financial scandal related to SRC International Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of 1MDB, three years ago.