Malaysians who voted scandal-tainted prime minister Najib Razak out of office last month have been treated to the sight of his high-spending wife Rosmah Mansor submitting herself to questioning at the anti-graft agency headquarters.
The former first couple were barred from leaving the country following the May 9 election as investigators relaunched a probe into how billions of dollars went missing from a state fund founded by Najib.
Whatever awkward questions Rosmah, 66, faced during a three-hour interview with investigators, she showed no sign of being discomfited as she left the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission building.
Wearing a bright blue traditional dress, with a red scarf swept over her head, Rosmah stepped lightly into her Mercedes and waved to the TV cameras, leaving her lawyers to issue a brief statement.
"The MACC officers have completed recording a statement from our client," her lawyer K.Kumaraendran said after Rosmah left.
"The over three-hour long process went well. Our client will extend further cooperation as and when sought by the agency," he added.
Given her penchant for super-expensive handbags, eyes were inevitably drawn to the red bag on her arm when she arrived at the MACC. It appeared to be a Versace, rather than a Hermes Birkin bag, the model that police found scores of during their searches of properties linked to Najib and Rosmah last month.
The bag was instantly trending on Malaysian social media groups, and some identified it as a Versace Demetra estimated to cost about $US2500 ($A3275).
Rosmah's opulent lifestyle and shopping sprees have angered Malaysians who have struggled to cope with rising living costs over the past decade.
Najib, 64, has already made a series of statements to anti-graft investigators tracking the money trail from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).
Attention has shifted to Rosmah after police found hundreds of luxury handbags, jewellery and cash during raids on apartments linked to the family.
Rosmah gave a statement to anti-graft investigators on Monday in connection with a suspicious transfer of about $US10.6 million ($A13.9 million) into Najib's personal bank account that has been traced to the former 1MDB unit SRC International.
The sum is just a fraction of the billions of dollars allegedly siphoned from 1MDB.
He has denied any wrongdoing and was cleared of any offence in an earlier Malaysian inquiry, but on Tuesday the attorney-general who had cleared him was replaced by the new government's nominee, Tommy Thomas.
Earlier on Tuesday, some lawyers representing Najib and Rosmah on the SRC case said they had quit.
M. Puravalen, a lawyer acting for Najib and Rosmah in connection with the SRC investigations, told Reuters he had "ceased acting" for them.
He said a second lawyer, Yusof Zainal Abideen, had also quit.
1MDB is also the subject of money-laundering probes in at least six countries, including the United States, Switzerland and Singapore.
