Tan Sri In Highway Probe Discharged To Be Quizzed By Macc

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 MACC chief Azam Baki says the corporate figure is the main suspect in a probe into the alleged misappropriation of sukuk funds for the project.
MACC chief Azam Baki said anti-corruption officers would seek to set a date for taking the Tan Sri’s statement.PETALING JAYA: A corporate figure at the centre of a corruption probe into the alleged misappropriation of sukuk funds for a Klang Valley highway project will be summoned soon by graft busters
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission chief Azam Baki said the “Tan Sri” was discharged from hospital today after undergoing treatment for an undisclosed illness.
“I have been made to understand that the doctors have just allowed him to be discharged. My officers will be in touch with him as soon as possible to set a date to take his statement,” he said, according to Astro Awani.
Azam added that the Tan Sri was the main suspect in the probe, while other witnesses are still giving their statements.
He previously said that hundreds of millions in sukuk funds were suspected to have been channelled to a company owned by the corporate figure, and later misused for personal interests rather than the intended highway project.
The funds were allegedly transferred to multiple entities, including proxy companies and the personal account of the Tan Sri’s wife, and used to acquire real estate, luxury vehicles and goods, and to fund gambling activities.
MACC has seized individual bank accounts totalling RM4.5 million, eight company accounts totalling RM33 million, a luxury condominium and a plot of land valued at RM24.5 million, as well as nine vehicles valued at RM7.6 million in its probe.
The anti-graft agency had also seized luxury watches valued at about RM25 million, designer handbags valued at RM3 million, jewellery and diamonds worth RM6 million, four horses valued at RM400,000, and premium alcoholic beverages worth RM3 million. - FMT

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