MACC allowed to forfeit RM540,000 in cash, jewellery belonging to former rural development ministry sec-gen


PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has succeeded in its appeal to forfeit cash amounting to RM540,000 and eight gold pieces belonging to former Rural and Regional Development Ministry secretary-general Datuk Mohd Arif Ab Rahman.

This followed the decision by a three-panel Court of Appeal judges - comprising Justices Hanipah Farikullah, Datuk Abu Bakar Jais and Datuk Nordin Hasan - who unanimously allowed the MACC's appeal to set aside a High Court decision.

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