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...
PUTRAJAYA: Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob has left the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) headquarters after having his statement recorded. He was seen leaving under escort at 3.13pm. While he waved to waiting pressmen, neither he nor his legal team addressed the media. Earlier today, he arrived at the MACC headquarters at around 9.45am. This follows MACC...
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has urged the public not to rush to judgment before the investigation concludes against former prime minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. Anwar emphasized that authorities should be allowed to carry out their investigation professionally and allow due process to take its course. "Regarding the case of Ismail Sabri,...
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...
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,...
Amid sadness, our columnist finds hope in the actions of a couple of prominent people. AS the year dwindled down to the final two weeks, I was feeling rather sad and depressed until I heard of two incidents that happened recently that are quite in keeping with the Christmas season. Why sad and depressed at the year’s...
Malaysia's anti-graft investigators have questioned former prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob as part of a probe into possible misconduct involving some RM700 million (US$150.86 million) spent on government publicity during a previous administration. In a statement late on Wednesday (Jan 10), the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) said it had recorded a statement from Ismail Sabri in...
PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has confirmed that Tun Daim Zainuddin's wife, Toh Puan Na’imah Abdul Khalid, her two sons, Muhammad Amin Zainuddin Daim and Muhammad Amir Zainuddin Daim, have been called to record their statements at the MACC Headquarters in Putrajaya on Wednesday (Jan 10) morning. In the statement on Wednesday, MACC said...
KUALA LUMPUR: Former prime minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob says he hopes that a chair in Malay studies can be established at all universities locally and abroad in a bid to empower the Malay language. He said this in response to the recent establishment of the chair named in his honour at the Thai Global...
KUALA PILAH - Barisan Nasional (BN) members must consider the party an underdog in the state elections to ensure the grassroot machineries continue to work hard on the field. Former prime minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said overconfidence in winning the state polls could lead the party to its own undoing. "Sometimes when you are overconfident...
