KOTA KINABALU: A town planning officer has claimed trial at the Special Corruption Court here on Wednesday (June 11) to a charge of submitting a false claim amounting to RM19,100. Nazri Hamburg, 46, an officer with the Sabah Town and Country Planning Department, pleaded not guilty when the charge under Section 18 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption...
PUTRAJAYA: Assets linked to the late Tun Daim Zainuddin, his family and his proxies worth billions of ringgit are currently in the asset forfeiture process, says the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC). Its Chief Commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki said around RM2bill of Daim's assets are currently frozen. "It could be more. We are communicating from authorities from...
SEREMBAN: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested and obtained four-day remand orders for two former statutory body officers for allegedly using fake documents to claim dividends of RM180,000. The remand order for the suspects, a man and a woman in their 30s and 40s, is for four days until May 25. A source said one suspect was...
KUALA LUMPUR: The country will not be safe if its leadership and system bow to ultimatums from criminals and traitors, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. The Prime Minister emphasised that corruption within enforcement agencies, smuggling, and conflict between religions and races must not be allowed to fester, as they will weaken the country. "That is why I...
PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has arrested another agent at a vehicle inspection centre on suspicion of accepting bribes to obtain queue numbers to speed up the vehicle inspection process without following proper procedures. According to the MACC, Senior Assistant Registrar Assayidatun Najwa Muhammad Nasution granted the MACC's request for a four-day remand order against...
PUTRAJAYA: After around six hours of questioning, former prime minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob has left the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) headquarters here for the day. Friday (March 14) was the second straight day he was at the graft buster's offices and it is believed he will return for further sessions on Monday (March 17). ALSO...
PETALING JAYA: The meeting between the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission and former prime minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, which was scheduled for Wednesday (March 5), has been postponed. MACC chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki, who confirmed this, said his officers would record Ismail Sabri's statement on March 7 instead. He said that the former prime minister...
KUALA LUMPUR: The former chief executive officer (CEO) of Syarikat Kenaf Trading Global Sdn Bhd, his wife and son were charged at two Sessions Courts here on Tuesday (March 4) with 12 money laundering charges involving more than RM150mil. Jazman Shahar Abdollah, 53; his wife Mariam Zakaria, 49; and their son, Irfan Hadi, 28, pleaded not...
PUTRAJAYA: Former prime minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob is a suspect in an ongoing Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) investigation, says Tan Sri Azam Baki. MACC Chief Commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki said this at a press conference on the matter at the MACC HQ here on Monday (March 3) ALSO READ: MACC seizes RM170mil in foreign currency,...
PUTRAJAYA: Six more individuals, including current and former banking officers, have been remanded for five days to assist in investigations into a corruption case involving the processing and approval of personal loan applications submitted by a financial consultancy firm. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) said that the remand order against four men and two women was...
