GRAFT-BUSTERS have cleared Economics Affairs Minister Mohamed Azmin Ali of illicitly receiving funds from engineering firm UEM Group Bhd.

Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission deputy chief commissioner (operations) Azam Baki said investigations showed that the bank accounts stated in messages circulated online, claiming that Azmin had received US$741,440 (RM3 million) from UEM, do not exist, and the alleged transactions never happened.

The MACC probe was launched after Umno Supreme Council member Lokman Noor Adam lodged a police report on the matter earlier this month.

“In addition, Maybank and UEM have already issued statements… on the non-existent accounts and transactions,” Azam told reporters at the Kuala Lumpur High Court today, after former deputy prime minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi was slapped with another seven corruption charges involving S$4.24 million (RM12.9 million), related to the awarding of a contract to a company to handle the foreign visa system.

Azam said MACC investigators concluded that a Deutsche Bank account allegedly belonging to Azmin does not exist.

He declined to name those who were questioned, only saying they included bank officers.

Lokman lodged the report after documents purportedly showing the fund transfer surfaced. He also lodged a report over video clips allegedly showing Azmin and PKR Youth leader Haziq Abdullah Abdul Aziz having sex.

The Umno man filed a complaint with MACC on June 11, alleging that UEM had transferred US$741,440 into a Maybank account registered under Azmin’s name on December 19, 2017. – June 26, 2019.