RM30mil more in cash found overseas


Shocking evidence: Showing some of the cash and jewellery seized to the media at a press conference in Kota Kinabalu are (from left) Datuk Hishamuddin Hashim, Azam Baki and Datuk Seri Ahmad Khusairi Yahya.

KOTA KINABALU: On the first day, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) seized RM114mil worth of assets – RM53.7mil in cold cash from two senior Sabah Water Department officials. Six days later, they traced RM30mil more stashed in foreign banks and another RM30mil in land titles.

In a shocking corruption case involving the department’s director Ag Tahir Ag Talib, 54, and his deputy Teo Chee Kong, 52, investigations led to the money trail in Singapore, Australia and New Zealand.

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