Bestinet founder extradition request being handled by govt, police: Saifuddin
The request from the Bangladeshi government to extradite Bestinet founder Aminul Islam Abdul Nor and his associate, Ruhul Amin, both linked to money laundering activities, is currently being handled by the federal police in collaboration with authorities in Dhaka.
Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said the matter is being managed on a government-to-government as well as a police-to-police (P2P) basis, predicated on bilateral cooperation.
The request from the Bangladeshi government to extradite Bestinet founder Aminul Islam Abdul Nor and his associate, Ruhul Amin, both linked to money laundering activities, is currently being handled by the federal police in collaboration with authorities in Dhaka.
Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said the matter is being managed on a government-to-government as well as a police-to-police (P2P) basis, predicated on bilateral cooperation.
“During the visit of (Chief Adviser to the Government of Bangladesh Muhammad Yunus) to our country a few months ago, I had the opportunity to discuss the matter with him.
“Both sides agreed that the matter will be handled or managed on a P2P. I will leave it at that for now; I do not want to go beyond that,” he told reporters after witnessing the signing of a memorandum of understanding for the Pilot Project of the Peacemaker Body between the National Registration Department and the National Population and Family Development Board in Kuala Lumpur today.
However, Saifuddin did not specify whether Dhaka had clarified the purpose of the extradition.
Last November, Saifuddin was reported to have said that the Home Ministry confirmed receiving an application from Bangladesh requesting Malaysia to detain Aminul and his associate Ruhul, following allegations that both were involved in money laundering, extortion, and foreign worker trafficking activities.
He had stated, however, that the Malaysian government requested further clarification from Dhaka regarding the application, specifically whether their detention was for the purpose of extradition or for conducting further investigation.
Malaysia, he said, needed to be clear first on the objective of the detention, whether it was for the purpose of recording statements and carrying out an investigation.
Aminul is the founder and chairperson of Bestinet, the company that operates the Foreign Worker Centralised Management System used by the Malaysian government to process the entry of foreign workers into the country.
It is understood that Aminul, who is originally from Bangladesh and is now a Malaysian citizen, is no longer the chairperson of Bestinet but still holds a stake in the company.
- Bernama
