PUTRAJAYA, March 14 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has confirmed that it questioned a Singaporean property developer concerning a high-profile case in Malaysia.
Without mentioning names, MACC also ordered the businessman to declare his assets and his family’s financial holdings.
“I can confirm that more people are expected to be called up for questioning in the near future in connection with this investigation,” said MACC Anti-Laundering Division director Datuk Mohamad Zamri Zainul Abidin when contacted today.
Earlier, CNA reported that MACC was investigating the businessman and property developer, said to be linked to former finance minister Tun Daim Zainuddin.
The authorities reportedly arrested the developer last week after raiding his house and business premises in Kuala Lumpur.
On December 30 last year, MACC said its investigation against Daim was based on information obtained from the Pandora Papers.
Earlier, Daim’s wife Toh Puan Na’imah Abdul Khalid pleaded not guilty in the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court to a charge of failing to comply with an MACC notice by not declaring 12 assets, including some in Kuala Lumpur and Penang.
Daim is being investigated under Section 23 of the MACC Act 2009 and Section 4 (1) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 (AMLATFPUAA).
— Bernama
