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KUALA LUMPUR: The Attorney General’s Office (AGC) has agreed in principle to indict various parties in relation to the purchase of Dudley International House in Melbourne, Australia by Mara Incorporated Sdn Bhd (Mara Inc).
MACC Chief Commissioner Datuk Seri Azam Baki said the commission is making plans for the right time to indict people in court.
“It is likely that one of them lives in Sabah and (is believed) to be in quarantine (due to Covid-19).
“(And) we are firm in pursuing this case and we do not protect either party. We are just waiting for the right moment to get paid, ”he said yesterday in an interview titled MACC Empowerment and Anti-Corruption Efforts via MACC.fm.
In 2015, Mara’s investment wing was embroiled in a controversy following a revelation from Australian newspaper The Age, which claimed that it had spent millions of ringgit to buy a five-story apartment block in Melbourne at a higher than market price. .
The newspaper claimed that “ a group of extremely wealthy Malaysian officials ” had overpaid A $ 4.75 million to buy an apartment in Melbourne in 2013, or A $ 22.5 million instead of A $ 17. 8 million Australian dollars, with the difference going to bribes paid to Malaysian officials.
Dudley International House is a student hostel bought by Mara, an agency that offers scholarships to Malaysian students to study abroad.
On the Gambling and Cigarette Smuggling Syndicate in Sungai Buloh, Azam said investigations are now in the final phase and that he will speak with the deputy prosecutor to see if charges can be brought.
“Maybe someone is charged or not. (It) is a punitive action that can be the defendant or other action taken against either party.
“What is important so far, however, is our swift action to stop illegal activities that prompted various negative reactions to our application in the country.”
In August, several videos went viral via Mohd Asri Hamid, or Asri Janggut’s Hot Burger Malaysia Facebook page, where he claimed that there was widespread sale of smuggled cigarettes and gambling at various commercial establishments in Sungai Buloh. .Called
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