THE Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission is investigating new cases of alleged corruption and abuse of power involving the Companies Commission of Malaysia following raids and seizures of evidence in the past three weeks, said sources.

Aside from the ongoing investigation into a RM500 million corruption scandal involving a project given directly to a company, the graft agency is also now looking into the procurement of several CCM buildings in several states, they said.

“In the course of their investigations, MACC officers found new evidence to open new cases,” said a source.

The evidence was found in more than 90 boxes of documents seized in a series of raids conducted by MACC since January 9.

Senior MACC officials refused to comment, saying they did not want to jeopardise their investigations.

Sources in CCM also remained tight-lipped, saying they have been warned by their superiors against leaking any information regarding MACC’s investigation of their agency.

However, The Malaysian Insight learnt that the fresh investigations are over the procurement and purchasing of CCM buildings in several states, including Perak, Malacca and Sarawak, at a total value of more than RM94 million.

MACC is looking into the roles played by several high-ranking CCM officials and their family members.

It has so far conducted 10 raids in its investigations into allegations of power abuse and contract leakages, including direct negotiations, which allegedly resulted in losses to the government and the public being misled.

Last Saturday, it raided the home of a special officer at CCM to find evidence of the RM500 million corruption scandal.

The raids started on January 9, homing in on the son of a senior CCM officer but he is not believed to be the main culprit.

Apart from private homes, MACC has so far raided two government bodies – the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission and CCM – and four companies, including an accounting firm in Bangsar South and a business consultancy in Sunway Nexis. A warehouse in Semenyih was also raided.

The raids started after a civil society group submitted a memorandum to MACC listing alleged wrongdoing, abuse of power and corruption at the agency in the implementation of high-impact projects.

The memorandum alleged that some projects were awarded to the same individuals and companies.

The allegations were raised in Parliament by Kinabatangan MP Bung Moktar Radin last November.

Among his allegations were flaws and weaknesses in CCM’s key projects, citing an example where CCM allegedly given a project directly to Formis Network Services Sdn Bhd without open tender.

The contract was for five years, with a mandatory five-year extension, resulting in losses to the government amounting to RM250 million. – January 24, 2019.