Firm’s top officials held over false claims fiasco


PUTRAJAYA: None of those arrested for the PenjanaKerjaya’s false claims is from the Human Resources Ministry, but investigators did take statements from several of ministry staff members.

It is learnt that officials from the ministry had been summoned to assist in investigations since the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and the Social Security Organisation (Socso) launched a joint operation, codenamed Ops Hire, to investigate the case.

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