PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) raided a Tan Sri's residence in connection with a corruption case involving procurement and management of the government's fleet of vehicles worth RM4.5bil. Along with raiding the residence of the Tan Sri, who is a businessman, the MACC also raided four companies including a government vehicle supplier. Sources told a...
KOTA KINABALU: A politician's son who allegedly hoodwinked a top police officer into giving him almost RM50,000 has been charged with cheating at a Special Corruption Court here. Aries Ryan Philip Among, 30, was accused of pretending to be Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki, among others, to get the policeman to...
KOTA KINABALU: A company director ended up paying more than three times he owed the Inland Revenue Board (LHDN) after he was found guilty for failing to file his income tax annual returns for two years. The 59-year-old automobile batteries dealer Wee Yung Heow was slapped with a penalty of RM2.6mil and fined RM10,000 by a...
PETALING JAYA: Two officers and a former officer from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) have pleaded not guilty in two Sessions Courts here to robbing a Chinese businessman of almost RM1mil at a luxury residence two years ago. Muhamad Haffiz Mohd Radzi, 33, Mohd Fahmee Mohamad Nor, 41, and Azwan Asli, 38, claimed trial to the...
KOTA KINABALU: Sarawak businessman Datuk Seri Thomas Hah Tiing Siu, who was linked to a controversial land deal on an island in Sabah's northern Kudat district, has backed out of the deal. Hah said the decision took into account the controversy stirred by certain groups over his company's plan to invest in an agro-development project in...
KOTA BARU: The man who was shot dead on Jalan Hutan Kuin in Machang, near here, on Sunday (Sept 17), was found to have a criminal record, including for drug-related offences. Kelantan police chief comm Datuk Muhamad Zaki Harun said the 38-year-old businessman was in a four-wheel drive (4WD) vehicle in front of an auto parts...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Sessions Court here acquitted and discharged a businessman for dishonest misappropriation of RM10,000 belonging to an oil and gas company by allegedly using the funds for his personal use. Judge Datin Sabariah Othman ordered Mohamed Noor Mohamed Amin, 50, to be freed on Wednesday (Aug 2) after finding that the prosecution had failed...
MACC yet to divulge reason for arrest and details of investigation PETALING JAYA: A businessman who was held by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on Monday has been freed on bail by the commission. MACC sources when contacted confirmed that the businessman, who is also a Datuk and concert organiser, was released past noon yesterday. The 42-year-old businessman...
Ng Yu Zhi was charged with two counts of cheating and two of being a party to fraudulent trading on March 22, 2021. Hreasily A businessman charged on Monday (March 22) has been linked to an alleged fraud involving at least $1 billion, the largest in Singapore's history. Ng Yu Zhi, 33, is the director of two firms...
