Selangor police chief Shazeli Kahar said on Wednesday that authorities are tracking down two male suspects and have obtained closed-circuit television footage from the mall, reported local news outlet The New Straits Times.
Shazeli added that the incident is believed to have occurred at the pick-up and drop-off area, without identifying the exact mall.
In his Thursday remarks, Rafizi said his wife received two text messages from an unknown number in the wake of the incident, threatening their son with an AIDS infection.
The first came in shortly after 1am on Thursday, reading: “Be quiet. If you continue, AIDS,” local news site Free Malaysia Today quoted Rafizi as saying. The same message came in again at around 11am, followed by three syringe emojis.
Rafizi said he has reported this latest incident to the police.
The former economy minister said he suspects the attack was linked to a case he was looking into, adding that he had met with a group of whistleblowers just last week.
“In my opinion, this is an attempt to silence me and they want me to drop the case,” Rafizi said on Thursday, without disclosing the case he was referring to.
Rafizi stepped down as economy minister after losing the deputy president role of his political party, Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), to Anwar’s daughter Nurul Izzah Anwar on May 23. He remains in the party and continues to serve as MP for Pandan.
In early July, Rafizi and eight other PKR MPs called for a royal inquiry and parliamentary investigation into high-profile judicial vacancies, which CNA previously reported posed a stern political test for Anwar.
Later that same month, Rafizi urged the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission to open an investigation into Anwar’s former political aide over allegations linked to a mineral exploration licence in Sabah.
