Court rejects MACC’s forfeiture bid of account allegedly linked to 1MDB


KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) failed in its bid to forfeit RM4,631,602 seized from a bank account belonging to Mediaedge Cia Malaysia Sdn Bhd that was allegedly linked to the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) scandal.

High Court judicial commissioner Ahmad Shahrir Mohd Salleh dismissed the application after finding that MACC had failed to prove the money was proceeds from unlawful activities.

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