00:00Tycoon Halim Saad says he has been cleared by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission for any wrongdoing.
00:07Halim was responding to an investigation initiated by MACC in May 2023 on the alleged embezzlement of RM2.3 billion
00:16involving the purchase of a list of companies' shares by a Malaysian conglomerate.
00:21Media outlets had reported that MACC was investigating a former senior minister and a businessman with a Tan Sri title.
00:29Halim had at the time dismissed media claims that he had been questioned by MACC.
00:34In a statement today, he said he received an official clearance letter from the Anti-Graft Agency on December 4 last year.
00:42Halim also lambasted Business Weekly, The Edge, for linking him to the RM2.3 billion acquisitions of shares.
00:49The Edge claimed an MACC source had confirmed that a transaction involved the purchase of a 32.6% stake in Renong Berhart
00:58by United Engineers Berhart for RM2.3 billion in November 1997.
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