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PETALING JAYA: Australian authorities have seized property and cash totaling AU $ 1.6 million from a man accused of bribing a Malaysian official to secure Mara’s purchase of a multi-million dollar Melbourne apartment complex in 2013.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the properties and funds are owned by Australian property developer Teen Boon Lye, his wife and their private companies.
It was previously reported that Teen was accused of bribing the Malaysian official to secure the sale of the building called Dudley House.
Teen was indicted on July 9, about five years after a complaint that revealed that the property’s price had been inflated by A $ 4.75 million to provide bribes to a group of Malaysian officials.
The original price of the Melbourne property was AU $ 17.85 million, but it was later sold for AU $ 22.6 million, with the AU $ 4.75 million paid or promised to people, including people supposedly named Zach Zainal and Erwan Azizi, with the intention of influencing the Malaysian public. official to secure the sale of the property.
Teen’s impeachment in July sparked calls to action from opposition MPs in Malaysia. Mara president Azizah Mohd Dun has said she will leave the investigation to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission.
