KUALA LUMPUR: Police said more people will be interviewed in its probe into the leaked contents of a letter to US' Central Intelligence Agency seeking Washington’s support for Barisan Nasional before the 14th General Election.
Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Mohamad Fuzi Harun said his men have so far recorded a statement from Malaysian External Intelligence Organisation (MEIO) former head Datuk Hasanah Ab. Hamid on the case.
Other individuals to be questioned, he said will include Malaysian embassy officers stationed in Washington.
"We have recorded a statement from Hasanah and there are two or three more individuals that we need to talk to soon," he told a Press conference today.
The letter, dated May 4, was addressed to CIA director Gina Haspel, a week before GE14.
It asked the US government to support former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak if BN were to win the May 9 election, even with a simple majority or with a majority of only one seat.
It also described Najib as a friend of the US as opposed to the “anti-West, anti-Semite” Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
Hasanah, who described the contents of the letter as "nothing unusual", lodged a police report on July 31 urging police to investigate the leak.