KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has called 16 witnesses to help its investigation of a bribery case against enforcement officers suspected of fast-tracking applications for foreign nationals in the Labour Recalibration Programme (RTK). According to a source, MACC is still identifying the company agents involved, with the investigation paper expected to be completed by mid-December. "The...
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court has granted leave to the family of the late Tun Daim Zainuddin to commence a judicial review against the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission's (MACC) order to freeze their bank accounts and assets. Justice Aliza Sulaiman allowed the application on grounds that it had met the necessary threshold for leave to be granted. She...
PUTRAJAYA: The Home Ministry has confirmed that the passport of Datuk Seri Muhammad Adlan Berhan has been revoked. Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said the revocation was carried out following a request made earlier by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to the Immigration Department. “I have been informed by the Immigration Department that the MACC...
KUANTAN: The Pahang Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has nabbed another Musang King durian orchard operator on suspicion of money laundering involving hundreds of thousands of ringgit. The suspect is believed to have acquired, received, possessed, transferred and used money derived from durian cultivation on land with forest reserve status and state-owned land in a district in...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has obtained a court order to block transactions involving US$115.3mil or about RM486.4mil kept in three Swiss bank accounts under the name of Prince Turki Abdullah Abdulaziz Al-Saud. In a statement on Friday (Oct 10), MACC said the restraining order was granted by the Kuala Lumpur High Court to...
KUALA LUMPUR: More than RM169mil of monies in various currencies, linked to former prime minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, has been forfeited by the government. Sessions Court judge Suzana Hussin made the order of forfeiture after allowing the application by the government. Earlier, DPP Mahadi Abdul Jumaat informed the court that no third party has come...
PETALING JAYA: Five suspects have been arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) after they allegedly profited from the illegal cultivation of durian orchards and money laundering. Sources said that the five, who are settlers, had also profited from their durian plantation activities on forest reserves and government land within Pahang. The settlers were arrested on Monday...
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)...
