PUTRAJAYA: The Communications Ministry is working closely with the Finance Ministry and the Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry to ensure that oil companies nationwide provide accurate information about the implementation of the Budi Madani (Budi95) initiative to customers at their petrol stations. Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil said that this is important to make it...
KUALA LUMPUR: Eighteen of the 27 individuals detained by graft busters for alleged involvement in counter setting are Malaysian Border Control and Protection Agency (AKPS) officers, says Comm Datuk Seri Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain. The AKPS director-general said the officers detained were stationed at Terminal 1 and 2 of Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). "We will give...
SEGAMAT: Five individuals, including three civil servants, have been remanded for six days until Sept 15 for an investigation over false claims of about RM400,000 involving cattle. The remand order was issued by Magistrate Rahimah Abd Majid after an application from the Johor Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) at the Segamat Sessions Court on Wednesday (Sept 10)...
PUTRAJAYA: Sixteen sub-strategies under the National Anti-Corruption Strategy (NACS) 2024-2028 have been successfully implemented by 11 ministries and agencies, including the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), as of August, says MACC chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki (pic). Of these, five were completed last year, while 11 were achieved this year. Azam said the measures include the introduction...
PUTRAJAYA: A former chief executive officer of a banking institution-owned foundation and the chairman of a non-governmental organisation (NGO) have been remanded for five days until Aug 31 for allegedly being involved in false claims amounting to over RM2.1mil. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) said that the two male suspects, in their 30s and 50s, were...
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court has fixed Oct 31 to deliver its decision in an attempt by Toh Puan Na'imah Abdul Khalid to intervene in an application by the public prosecutor involving offshore assets in the British Crown dependency of Jersey. Justice Muhammad Jamil Hussin fixed the date for the hearing as well as to deliver...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has obtained a remand for a senior government officer for an investigation into claims that he solicited bribes and overseas trips from several parties. The suspect, who is in his 40s and serves as a principal assistant director of a government department, was remanded for four days until Aug 23...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has obtained a five-day remand order against a female insurance agent suspected of abetting in an investment scam worth about RM21mil. Magistrate Izra Zulaikha Rohanuddin granted the remand order until Aug 24 following MACC’s application at the Putrajaya Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday (Aug 20). According to sources, the woman, who...
KUALA LUMPUR: The recent arrest of 10 individuals, including five senior Malaysian Armed Forces officers, for suspected involvement in a smuggling syndicate was made possible as graft busters can now investigate without interference, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. The Prime Minister said there would be no cover-ups or compromise, stressing that any infiltration of security and...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (SPRM) will investigate an online media company following the arrest of two of its staff members during Op Sohor, who are believed to be involved in a smuggling syndicate. MACC chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki confirmed that the owner of the company would be summoned soon to provide a...
