MACC officers are seen outside Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s residence in Kuala Lumpur July 3, 2018. — Picture by Mukhriz Hazim

PUTRAJAYA, July 3 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak will have to spend the night in lockup before being brought to court following his arrest by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) today.

A MACC officer, who wished to remain anonymous, confirmed the matter.

Asked if Najib’s wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor was among those arrested earlier, the officer said only Najib was detained so far.

Najib had earlier arrived at the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya at around 4pm after graftbusters picked him up at his private residence on Jalan Langgak Duta in Kuala Lumpur around 2.35pm.

He is expected be charged tomorrow at 8.30am in the Kuala Lumpur court.

Earlier, the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) investigation special taskforce confirmed Najib was arrested in relation to the case of former 1MDB unit, SRC International Sdn Bhd.

The MACC first questioned Najib on May 22 in relation to SRC International Sdn Bhd, which was a former subsidiary of 1MDB.

Najib’s arrest today and expected charge tomorrow takes place just under two months after the shock defeat of the Barisan Nasional coalition in the 14th general election on May 9 and almost three years to the day the Wall Street Journal broke the 1MDB story.