00:01Former Tabung Haji Chairman Datuk Shri Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahim was brought before the Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur on
00:08Wednesday for remand proceedings, ahead of an expected appearance to face corruption charges.
00:13Police are seeking a remand order under Section 420 of the Penal Code for Cheating.
00:19His lawyer, Datuk Amer Hamza Arshad, briefly confirmed that the remand proceedings were still ongoing when approached by reporters.
00:33In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Abdul Aziz's son, Azman Aziz, said his father had been detained by Dangwangi Police
00:42that evening and would be brought to court for remand on Wednesday.
00:46Abdul Aziz is also expected to be charged under Section 23 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, M.A.C
00:54.C. Act 2009.
00:56On August 27, Abdul Aziz and a former Treasury Secretary General were each remanded for seven days until September 2
01:04to assist investigations following disclosures related to the Royal Commission of Inquiry RCI report into Tabung Haji.
01:13Both are being investigated under Section 23, subsection 1 of the M.A.C.C. Act.
01:20The RCI report, published on the Malaysian Islamic Development Department's JAKIM official portal on July 29, recommended, among other measures,
01:29a forensic audit into investment decisions that contributed to a significant decline in Tabung Haji's asset value.
01:36The report, which examined the institution's management and operations between 2014 and 2020, identified several investments for further forensic scrutiny.
01:48It also highlighted suspicious transactions and instances of concealed information.
