00:01A former minister has been remanded for five days in connection with investigations into the Royal Commission of Inquiry report
00:09on Tabung Haji.
00:11Magistrate Ezrene Zakaria granted the remand order following an application by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, MACC, on Wednesday.
00:22The man, in his 60s, arrived at the magistrate's court in Putrajaya at 10.25am.
00:29He was arrested at about 4.30pm on Tuesday while at the MACC headquarters to have his statement recorded,
00:38believed to be in connection with investigations into a hotel lease involving Tabung Haji in Saudi Arabia.
00:45The case is being investigated for offences involving the soliciting or receiving of bribes as an inducement or reward in
00:54connection with a transaction.
00:55The Tabung Haji RCI report, made public on July 29, documented various weaknesses in Tabung Haji's management and operations between
01:062014 and 2020
01:07and identified problematic investments requiring a forensic audit.
01:12The report also highlighted suspicious transactions and the concealment of information.
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