Najib's safe opened, authorities find a lot of cash: Sources

People milling outside the residence of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak at Taman Duta on May 18, 2018. PHOTO: BERNAMA
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KUALA LUMPUR - A safe belonging to Malaysia's ex-prime minister Najib Razak has been opened after two locksmiths spent hours drilling through it.

According to sources at the Royal Malaysia Police's (RMP) Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID), the old safe - which Datuk Seri Najib claimed had not been opened for the past two decades - contained "a lot of cash".

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