RM26mil in US currency seized in spy agency graft probe


  • Nation
  • Thursday, 30 Aug 2018

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PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has seized some US$6.3mil (RM26mil) in cash in its investigations into the alleged misappropriation of US$12mil in government funds involving the former head of a spy agency.  

The MACC has already arrested former Malaysian External Investigation Organisation (MEIO) director-general Datuk Hasanah Abdul Hamid and seven other former MEIO officers in its investigation, said MACC deputy chief commissioner Datuk Seri Azam Baki.  

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