EXCLUSIVE | The security personnel at the Prime Minister's Department remanded by the MACC today had allegedly taken cash totalling RM3.5 million from the office of former premier Najib Abdul Razak on the night of the 14th general election.

Sources told Malaysiakini that the 17 security personnel had taken away the money – which the MACC said was part of Umno’s election war chest – upon learning that "BN was losing the election."

"The security personnel were part of a team on duty that night to provide security at the department...