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: Graft investigators have arrested three company owners, two of them Datuk, on the suspicion of giving bribes to civil servants so that action will not be taken against smuggling activities involving tobacco, cigarettes and liquor. The three, who were in their 30s, were nabbed when they were summoned to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission headquarters at...
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...
JOHOR BARU: A 52-year-old medical laboratory technologist claimed trial to 25 charges of receiving bribes amounting to RM16,150 at the Sessions Court here in relation to a recent urine-tampering controversy. Saifulamin Sabran pleaded not guilty after the charges were read to him in front of judge Datuk Ahmad Kamal Arifin Ismail on Sunday (Feb 18). According to...
KUALA LUMPUR: A managing director of a tractor distribution company has been detained in connection with a suspected graft involving a RM25mil agriculture tractor supply project. The woman, in her 50s, was remanded until Feb 8. She was brought to Putrajaya Magistrate's Court on Tuesday (Feb 6), where Magistrate Irza Zulaikha Rohanuddin issued the remand order. Sources said...
PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has frozen several bank accounts believed to hold tens of millions of ringgit belonging to a businessman with a Tan Sri title. According to a source, the action was taken following investigations into a businessman since July 2023 regarding a contract to procure and manage the government's fleet of...
PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has frozen several bank accounts believed to hold tens of millions of ringgit belonging to a businessman with a Tan Sri title. According to a source, the action was taken following investigations into a businessman since July 2023 regarding a contract to procure and manage the government's fleet of...
PUTRAJAYA: Businessman Tan Sri Mokhzani Mahathir has been summoned by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) over an investigation involving a government-linked company. Sinar Harian reported that Mokhzani, the second son of former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, arrived at the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya at about 11am on Friday (Jan 26) for investigation under the...
KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak is accountable for his every action as the prime minister, finance minister and chairman of the board of advisors of 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), the High Court was told on Friday (Jan 26). Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) senior officer Nur Aida Arifin testified that Najib, or the 1MDB management, had...
PUTRAJAYA: Toh Puan Naimah Khalid, the wife of businessman Tun Daim Zainuddin, is expected to be charged on Tuesday (Jan 23). She is expected to be brought to the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court in the morning to face several charges. Sources at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission confirmed the matter. A check on the court e-filing system also showed...
