News about MACC

PUTRAJAYA (April 24): Two senior directors of a construction company based in China were remanded for two days starting today to assist investigations into alleged misappropriation of company funds and acts of bribery.

PUTRAJAYA (April 20): The defence's claim that signatures of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured) were forged in several documents related to 1Malaysia Development Bhd's (1MDB) former subsidiary SRC International Sdn Bhd was an afterthought as the issue was never raised during investigations and the prosecution's case, the prosecution argued today.

PUTRAJAYA (April 15): The prosecution in Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s SRC International Sdn Bhd appeal hearing at the Court of Appeal today has questioned the integrity of former attorney general (AG) Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali (pictured), after he cleared Najib of any wrongdoings, despite later evidence that proved otherwise.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 13): The High Court has set May 5 for the next case management of the Inland Revenue Board's (IRB) RM68 million suit against Jho Low's right-hand man Eric Tan Kim Loong, aka "Fat Eric", for tax arrears from 2010 to 2013.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 12): A former senior general manager of a construction company who had been charged in the Shah Alam Sessions Court on corruption charges, was charged in the Sessions Court here today for soliciting bribes amounting to RM112,000.

TAWAU (March 28): Corruption cases involving supply, service and maintenance contractors in Sabah are prevalent and a cause for concern, said Sabah Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) director S Karunanithy.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 18): The money that went into UMNO president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (pictured)-linked foundation Yayasan Akalbudi was not “a political donation” as a charitable body cannot receive such donations, the High Court heard today.

PUTRAJAYA (March 18): The Court of Appeal today adjourned the hearing of multiple forfeiture appeals by the prosecution from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in relation to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) funds earlier than expected, due to an emergency.

KOTA KINABALU (March 11): Two directors and two managers of a construction company have been remanded for four days beginning yesterday, to assist in the investigation into a corruption case involving a tender for a rural water supply project in Semporna worth RM142 million in 2019.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 10): Yayasan Albukhary, the foundation founded by tycoon Tan Sri Syed Mokhthar Albukhary, had donated RM5 million to Umno president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s (pictured) charity foundation using a cheque, the High Court heard today.