The cost of retrieving the A$320,000 (approximately RM1 million) seized by Australian authorities was too prohibitive for Bukit Aman CID chief Wan Ahmad Najmuddin Mohd.

According to inspector-general of police Mohamad Fuzi Harun, Wan Ahmad does wish to retrieve the sum but could not afford to do so.

"He wants (the money back). That is his right. But to him, the procedure (involved)... will cost him a lot more money," he told a press conference in Bukit Aman today...