Malaysia – An official from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has said that investigations into the allegations of improper conduct related to the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) and Light Rail Transit (LRT) projects are now taking place. In an interview with Utusan Malaysia, the senior director for investigations at the MACC, Datuk Seri Hishamuddin Hashim, said that the investigations had been …

Malaysia – Today, members of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) taken into custody four employees of a hospital in the state on the suspicion that they have solicited and accepted bribes of between RM1,000 and RM5,000 each for work that was associated with funeral arrangement services. According to a source inside the MACC, two of the suspects have the position …

Malaysia – DAP chairman Lim Guan Eng has chastised the authorities after seeing that there is a lack of effort to apprehend fugitive Malaysian blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin, who has made several questionable claims on the internet. On the other hand, the Bagan MP lauded the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s (MACC) quick action to investigate into the recent allegation the blogger …

Malaysia – Malaysia’s anti-graft authorities have launched a probe into the contents of Court of Appeal Judge Datuk Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali’s bank account. Tan Sri Azam Baki, the chairman of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), verified the matter to The Star, adding that the investigation paper was initiated after complaints were submitted on money in the account said to …

Malaysia – Tan Sri Azam Baki, the Chief Commissioner of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), has branded Lalitha Kunaratnam, a senior researcher at the Centre for Combating Cronyism and Corruption (C4), as untrustworthy and not the investigative journalist she pretends to be. In his response to Lalitha’s statement of defense in his defamation complaint, submitted via Messrs Ibrahim & Fuaadah, …

Malaysia – The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has found several dubious expenses in an investigation into allegations of misuse of MARA Corporation (MARA Corp) corporate credit cards. A source from MACC said, as a result, the management of MARA Corp, an investment holding company of Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA), was asked to come to the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya tomorrow …

Malaysia – K Lalitha, a senior researcher at the Centre for Combating Cronyism and Corruption (C4), stated that the content she posted in her articles and tweets on Tan Sri Azam Baki, the chief commissioner of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), was sourced from reliable sources. As the defendant in Azam’s defamation lawsuit, she made the assertion in her statement …

Malaysia – Following the complaints coming from Simpang Renggam MP Maszlee Malik, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has denied allegations that these were attempts in order to threaten him with a corruption investigation. The MACC has announced in a statement that was issued just recently that it is investigating the PKR MP after two complaints were filed against him. According …

Malaysia – DAP Secretary-General Lim Guan Eng noted that if action is not taken against Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki over his proxy stock trading issue, Malaysia’s lower rating and rank in the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) issued by Transparency International (TI) will continue to see a significant fall. The substantial decrease in ranks and …

Malaysia – The Sungai Buloh MP has refuted the allegations of bribery against his nephew Naveen K. Rasiah and former staff Nico Kam and claimed that these were brought by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in retribution for Sivarasa’s criticism of the MACC’s chairman Tan Sri Azam Baki. R. Sivarasa, a PKR member, said yesterday that the two will be prosecuted in court today for …