00:00The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested another top military official to assist in its investigation into an alleged army procurement tender cartel.
00:11MACC Chief Commissioner Azam Baki said the senior army officer was arrested at 11am today while giving his statement at the anti-grav agency's headquarters, Malaysia Gazette reported.
00:23He declined to disclose further details but said the officer had arrived at the MACC office at 10am.
00:32Separately, he said former Army Chief Hafizuddin Jantan was released on January 12.
00:38Hafizuddin was previously remanded for seven days and was supposed to remain under MACC remand until today.
00:45Hafizuddin was placed on leave following claims of large cash inflows into the bank accounts of a senior military officer and his family members, allegedly transferred from accounts belonging to firms that had obtained military contracts.
01:00The graphbusters are also investigating the owners of 26 companies connected to the contracts, saying that several companies had repeatedly secured high-value military contracts since 2023.
01:13Pan Utro FMT
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