MACC piecing together money trail in probe of 'counter-setting' suspects

The Star

The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) is scrutinising the financial records of family members and close associates of those detained in its “counter-setting” probe, in an effort to trace the flow of illicit funds.  Chief Commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki said the investigations extend beyond corruption and abuse of power, with the agency also invoking the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001.  Speaking to reporters after the 4th National Governance, Integrity and Anti-Corruption Research Conference on Thursday (Sept 18), Azam added that witnesses will be called to explain how the suspects were able to acquire luxury vehicles, operate businesses, and accumulate large amounts of cash.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/2kxx3xxk  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The card remains as the same,

00:02in which the tanggapan

00:04against the pegawai penguatkuasa

00:06that has been around 16 people,

00:09the Jabatan Immigration of Malaysia

00:114 people,

00:13and the public 11 people.

00:16So, the amount of money is around

00:18RM385,000.

00:2157 accounts have been around

00:23with the amount of money

00:23that has less than 2.7 million dollars.

00:26Emas yang disita bernilai lebih kurang 2.2 juta.

00:309 motor car disita

00:32antaranya yang bertubur jenama Mercedes,

00:37BMW dan juga Alphard.

00:38Jadi, berhubung dengan siasatan ini,

00:42pegawai-pegawai penyiasat

00:42bukan sahaja melibat kita

00:45betul-betul penyiasat kes-kes rasuah

00:47dan salah guna puasa.

00:48Kita juga telah membuka

00:50siasatan dibuat Akta Perubahan Waharam

00:52dan juga kita lihat kepada

00:55siasatan juga dijalankan

00:57melibatkan aset-aset yang disita

01:00dan juga mereka-mereka yang terlibat ini

01:03akan ada yang kita akan

01:05siasat berhubung dengan harta-harta

01:08wang-wang kunai

01:09dan mereka akan diberi

01:10noti-noti tertentu

01:12untuk mengisiharkan harta mereka.

01:15Bukan semua,

01:16tapi akan ada yang diperlu isiharkan.

01:19Sebagai contohnya,

01:20kalau yang timbul cerita,

01:23memukulkan emas dan sebagainya,

01:25jadi ini semua akan dipersoalkan

01:28bagaimana perolehan wang

01:30ataupun daripada punca wang

01:32yang diperolehi dan sebagainya.

01:34Jadi siasatan ini ambil masa lagi

01:35kerana ia baru saja kita mulakan

01:37dalam tempoh dua minggu,

01:39lebih kurang,

01:40dan bagi masa berdapat penguasa.

01:41Dan setakat ini,

01:43untuk kes yang fasa offsetting ini,

01:46tidak ada tangkapan baru.

01:48Melainkan kalau ada kaitan lain-lain,

01:50kita akan maklumkan kebudayaan.

01:51Tapi kita tumpukan kepada semua mereka

01:53yang ditangkap dan associate

01:55yang ditangkap semua.

01:57Tan Sri, in terms of SOP

01:59for immigration department offices,

02:02are they supposed to declare their assets?

02:04If I know, Mr. Khan,

02:08Jabatan Immigration Malaysia,

02:09they had SOP,

02:11that certain amount of money,

02:12I have to check,

02:13and could be you can ask

02:14from the Ketua Pengarah

02:16Jabatan Immigration Malaysia,

02:18how much money they can carry

02:19at one time during their duty,

02:22when they are performing their duty.

02:24The amount itu,

02:25I'm not sure lah berapa banyak.

02:27Dulu, saya ingat dalam RM50,

02:29tapi could be that amount

02:30has already been increased.

02:32Tapi yang saya tahu,

02:33ada SOP-nya,

02:34yang mereka perlu menjawab

02:35sekiranya melanggar SOP berkenaan.

02:39Mesti, tidak tolak kemungkinan

02:40akan ada tanggapan lain ke sini?

02:42Kes sikit begini,

02:43saya tidak menolak kemungkinan

02:45sebab bila kita menyiasat mereka ini,

02:49selalunya bila kita membuat

02:50siasatan lebih lanjut,

02:53terutama sekali melibatkan asset tracing

02:55dan juga ataupun banit trail,

02:57selalunya lah akan ada kaitan

02:59dengan pihak-pihak lain.

03:01Kepulang pada peguam menyiasat,

03:02sekiranya mereka perlu menjalankan

03:04takapan lebih lanjut

03:05kepada pihak-pihak lain.

03:06Tan Sri,

03:06in looking at the money trail,

03:09that means investigation officers right now

03:12are looking into the

03:13accounts of the family members

03:16and all of those who have been the restaurant.

03:17associated to them,

03:19we will investigate.

03:20You know, in some of them,

03:22when they give reason

03:24as to how they obtain the money,

03:27it relates to some of the people.

03:30As for now,

03:31we call them as a witness.

03:32And then, we need to get the clarification

03:34from those people who have been claimed

03:37that they had given the money

03:38to those people,

03:40to the pegawai-pegawai kerajaan berkenaan.

03:43Jadi, dalam hal ini,

03:44kita akan menyiasat lebih lanjutlah.

03:46Dalam kes ini,

03:47bukanlah kata banit trail yang terlalu panjang,

03:50kerana ini bukan kes melibatkan corporate

03:52dan sebagainya.

03:53Tetapi, mereka,

03:55dalam hal sesetan ini,

03:56mereka perlu menjawab

03:57daripada mana wang ini diperolehi.

03:59Sekiranya ada kaitan,

04:00orang yang semua akan dipanggil

04:01dan sebagainya.

04:03Dan juga,

04:04kes-kes ini juga melibatkan

04:06kita perlu dapatkan saksi-saksi

04:08daripada mana mereka mempunyai wang berkenaan

04:12sehingga akan,

04:14yang menyebabkan ada yang memiliki kreatif mewah,

04:18ada yang boleh membuka perniagaan,

04:19ada disupakan wang kunai

04:21dalam simpanan mereka.

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