MACC to investigate leaked info on tycoon’s frozen accounts

Kalidevi Mogan Kumarappa Kalidevi Mogan Kumarappa Updated 6 years ago · Published on 1 Jun 2020 2:31PM · 3 Comments

The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission will investigate how leaked information of a businessman’s frozen account end up in the hands of a politician. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Seth Akmal, June 1, 2020.

THE Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has confirmed a report that a Pakatan Harapan (PH) minister was involved in the unfreezing of bank accounts belonging to a businessman who is under investigation for alleged money-laundering using 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) funds.

Deputy chief commissioner (operations) Ahmad Khusairi Yahaya said MACC will investigate how confidential information on four frozen bank accounts belonging to the tycoon were leaked to the PH politician.

“MACC views this issue seriously and will investigate how such details of the investigation could have been leaked to the politician.

“And the politician used his influence to the A-G (attorney-general) to issue a letter for MACC to lift restrictions on four accounts,” Khusairi said in a message to The Malaysian Insight.

“MACC confirms that the agency acted to unfreeze the accounts of the tycoon based on the then attorney-general’s instructions.”

He was asked to respond to a report by Free Malaysia Today (FMT) that the PH minister had sought the then attorney-general’s help to lift restrictions on the tycoon’s accounts in 2019.

The PH minister’s request was fulfilled about two weeks after the politician sought the attorney-general’s help.

About RM4 million, which the MACC had hoped to recover as money-laundered funds from 1MDB, were no longer in the tycoon’s accounts, according to the report.

FMT also reported that the freeze order was first made by the MACC in 2018, and involved cheques amounting to RM4 million from then prime minister Najib Razak. – June 1, 2020.

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  • Should also start investigate Muhyiddin too, inticing Umno MP with ministerial position and GLC head for them to jump ship.

    Posted 6 years ago by Penganalisa L · Reply

  • Get the PH Minister. Expose him or her with shame. No excuse

    Posted 6 years ago by Mike Mok · Reply

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    Posted 6 years ago by LEE KEONG · Reply