KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysian investigators are looking into bank transactions by the prime minister's wife, a statement by a special task force said on Friday, following media reports that large sums of cash were deposited into her account. “The task force knew about this (transactions into Rosmah Mansor's bank account) before the (media) expose and an investigation is being conducted,” said the task force probing allegations of misappropriation of funds from state investment fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB). Activist website Sarawak Report said in a story on Thursday that 2 million ringgit ($523,000) in cash had been deposited into Rosmah's account in Affin Bank Bhd earlier this year. An Affin Bank spokesperson said it is unable to comment or disclose information in relation to the bank's customers and accounts. Rosmah's spokesman declined immediate comment. — Reuters
