KUALA LUMPUR: International Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz says the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has yet to record a statement from him regarding alleged irregularities in the use of RM600bil worth of funds.
Tengku Zafrul said he would give his full cooperation to the MACC.
“There is nothing to hide. So far, the MACC has not contacted me,” he tweeted yesterday.
It was reported that former prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and former health minister Khairy Jamaluddin and Tengku Zafrul were likely to be called in.
Tengku Zafrul was finance minister in Muhyiddin’s Cabinet, and later in Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s as well.
Allegations of irregularities on the use of the RM600bil in emergency funds during the Covid-19 pandemic were first raised by former Melaka chief minister Adly Zahari on Nov 15.
On Dec 6, MACC chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki told Bernama that it had opened investigation papers on alleged irregularities concerning the RM600bil fund.
On the same day, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim told Muhyiddin not to challenge the government on the issue of breach of procedures regarding the RM600bil fund under the Perikatan Nasional chairman’s administration then.
However, he said that there had been no discussion yet whether a Royal Commission of Inquiry was required to investigate the matter.
A day earlier, Muhyiddin told a press conference after a Padang Serai election campaign event that Anwar should investigate the fund issue properly and gather the correct data before issuing statements.
Muhyiddin said he never embezzled or misused any funds meant to help the people, and that if he did, investigations would have started long ago.
In a separate statement, MACC said that those with the necessary information should come forward to assist the probe.
In a statement yesterday, MACC said it will conduct a thorough, transparent and professional probe into the alleged irregularities.
