PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has initiated a probe against a senior state leader over claims that he appointed companies which he has vested interests in for several projects. Sources with knowledge of the investigation said the individual, a leader in a northern state, is believed to have awarded projects worth RM300,000 to these companies. It is...
KANGAR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) arrested an employee of the Perlis State Fisheries Office who is believed to have received monthly kickbacks from a company two years ago. According to an MACC source, the 44-year-old man is believed to have received bribes amounting to RM800 monthly as an inducement so that the Fisheries Department would...
PETALING JAYA: His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, reaffirms that fighting corruption, the country's number one enemy, will be a major focus of his reign. Sultan Ibrahim said he had granted an audience to Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki on Monday (April 1) to find out the latest developments from...
KUALA LUMPUR: A witness in Datuk Seri Najib Razak's 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) trial has told the High Court that her knowledge about PetroSaudi International (PSI) Ltd was only based on documents. Former 1MDB general counsel Jasmine Loo said this when asked by Najib's lead counsel, Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, if PSI, a company with...
PETALING JAYA: His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, reaffirms that fighting corruption, the country's number one enemy, will be a major focus of his reign. Sultan Ibrahim said he had granted an audience to Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki on Monday (April 1) to find out the latest developments from...
PUTRAJAYA: Eight luxury cars valued at about RM6mil has been seized by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in their probe into a syndicate believed to have smuggled tobacco, cigarettes and liquor into the country. It is learnt that the cars belong to several individuals who own companies involved or acted as middlemen who bribed officers of...
PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal here has acquitted Tan Sri Mohd Isa Samad of his conviction and sentence on nine counts of corruption involving the purchase of a hotel in Sarawak. In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel chaired by Justice Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera allowed Mohd Isa's appeal against his conviction and sentence. "The appeal is...
PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) is searching for a man who failed to turn up in court to face corruption charges. Mohd Razain Hashim, whose last address is 43A, Jalan Bukit Pandan Bistari 5, Taman Bukit Pandan Bestari, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, failed to present himself at the Shah Alam Sessions Court to be charged. "A warrant...
PETALING JAYA: Alleging that the government had not fulfilled its promises on reforms, the Coalition for Clean and Fair Election (Bersih) says it will not hesitate to take to the streets to demonstrate its disappointment. Bersih chairman Muhammad Faisal Abdul Aziz said the public had expressed its disappointment and anger regarding the latest developments in the...
PETALING JAYA: An internal investigation has been initiated into a traffic policeman who was found carrying RM3,313 in cash while on duty. Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said that an inspection was conducted by the Bukit Aman integrity and standards compliance department on police from Petaling Jaya who were carrying out an anti-drink...
