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KUALA LUMPUR: Missing deputy public prosecutor (DPP) Kevin Anthony Morais was not part of the government task force investigating controversial 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), Attorney-General (AG) Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali said yesterday.

Mohamed Apandi was addressing speculation on social media about possible links between Morais’s disappearance and a high-profile probe into the state investment vehicle, which also involves Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

“He has nothing to do with the 1MDB investigations,” Mohamed Apandi told The Malaysian Insider in a text message yesterday afternoon.

Morais, who is attached to the AG’s Chambers, was reported missing last Friday after he left his Menara Duta residence for work.

Bernama reported that police had received a report on the disappearance of Morais, who is the deputy head of the appellate and trial division of the AG’s Chambers.

Sentul police chief ACP R Munusamy said the report was lodged by Morais’ elder brother, Datuk Richard Morais, at the Jinjang police station.

Quoting sources, The Malaysian Insider said Morais had left home driving a government-issued grey Proton Perdana bearing the registration WA6264Q at about 9am.

A call made by his friend at 10.30am went unanswered. An attempt to make a call to Morais’ handphone a few hours later was also futile.

Police have classified the case as “missing person”, while city CID chief Datuk Zainuddin Ahmad told The Malaysian Insider earlier that they had engaged their counterparts in other states to assist in the search.

Early on Saturday, a burnt car was found in Hutan Melintang, Perak, fuelling suspicion that it might belong to the missing DPP.

“Perak police found the burnt car in Hutan Melintang at about 10am yesterday [Saturday]. We do not know yet if it belonged to the missing man (Morais) because we could not identify the make and the registration number,” Zainuddin said.

It is understood that Morais had been seconded to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission for a period. — The Malaysian Insider/Bernama

 

This article first appeared in digitaledge Daily, on September 7, 2015.

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