KTMB chairman Rameli Musa is currently being grilled by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on the alleged RM90 million fund transfer scandal between Umno and PAS.

Rameli was ushered into the premises by several officers of the anti-graft body and did not take questions from the waiting media.

Rameli, who is also the executive vice-chairman of Ingress Corp Bhd, arrived at the anti-graft body’s headquarters at 9.55am in a black Toyota Vellfire.

Apart from Rameli, former Selangor exco and Selayang PAS chief Zaidy Abdul Talib, and Mohd Khoirol Anuar Mat Zuki, a staff at the Islamist party’s office, was seen entering the MACC building together, at 10am.

The Malaysian Insight reported earlier that Rameli will have to present himself at the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya at 10am today.

A source said MACC has also called in two others for questioning this morning – a Selangor PAS exco and a staff member at the Islamist party’s headquarters.

The Malaysian Insight’s attempts to contact Rameli since last Friday has been unsuccessful.

The Malaysian Insight yesterday reported that Rameli is being investigated as his name matches the account that paid RM1.42 million in legal costs to Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown in a settlement with PAS.

PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang had filed a defamation suit against Rewcastle-Brown and the whistle-blower site over a 2016 article alleging that the party received RM90 million said to be 1Malaysia Development Bhd funds.

Rewcastle-Brown last week confirmed that Hadi paid her legal costs as part of an out-of-court settlement.

An MACC source said Rameli is being investigated under money laundering laws as the funds were moved from several accounts linked to him before being transferred to Rewcastle-Brown.

Apart from Rameli, several top PAS leaders, businessmen and a former menteri besar are also under investigation, said the source.

On Friday, PKR vice-president Rafizi Ramli named Rameli as the account holder of a cheque for RM1.42 million issued to Rewcastle-Brown’s lawyer.

He was also on the Kelantan Economic Development Corporation board when the late PAS spiritual leader Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat was menteri besar.

Political observer Mohd Sayuti Omar has said Hadi and Rameli were seen together during a trip to Bangkok, Thailand, in 2017. – March 5, 2019.