MACC seizes RM600k from Bersatu Youth duo, allegedly stolen party funds

PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has seized from two Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) youth wing members RM600,000 in cash believed to have been misappropriated from the party.

The cash was found in the houses of the two members.

MACC investigations director Datuk Norazlan Mohd Razali said officers had called up the two on June 5 to record their statements during the investigation into the RM250,000 in cash that went missing from the house of Bersatu youth chief Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman.

“Following questioning, officers went to the houses of the two members at two separate locations in Kuala Lumpur.

“The officers found a total of RM600,000 cash in the two locations, ” he said on Sunday (June 7).

The MACC also seized a car worth RM100,000 belonging to another party member, believed to have been purchased with misappropriated funds.

Norzlan said the three were called in for questioning but were not remanded.

To date, two individuals from the Bersatu youth wing have been remanded over the case.

The Bersatu youth treasurer was remanded on June 3 and the other on June 5.

The MACC initiated an investigation into the missing RM250,000 and interviewed Syed Saddiq and two others in April, following a complaint related to the loss.

Syed Saddiq had lodged a police report on March 29, saying the money was kept in a safe in his house and claimed that only a few people knew its combination code and that he last opened it on March 13 or 14.