Police struggled to itemise the vast collection seized in 2018, noting that jewellery bags were ‘filled to the brim’
2-MIN READ2-MIN ListenThe StarPublished: 10:10am, 15 Apr 2026Jewellery and cash worth hundreds of millions of ringgit were found in overfilled luggage bags stored in a luxury condominium in Kuala Lumpur during a raid linked to the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) investigation, the High Court heard.The police had found 71 luggage bags, a plastic box and more than 200 boxes during the operation at Pavilion Residences on May 17, 2018.
Former Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) director Amar Singh Ishar Singh testified that the sheer amount of valuables unveiled made it improbable for the police to itemise them.
“Initially, we wanted to count each and every exhibit. But the minute we opened up a few bags, the number of exhibits in each bag was just overwhelming,” Amar Singh said.
“When we opened the bags of jewellery, they were filled to the brim. We couldn’t count and tabulate these exhibits. There were just too many,” he said.
“Imagine if I tabulated the exhibits. I would just be writing one jewellery item, and there would be 12,000 pieces for one chain. There were so many chains.”
