KUALA LUMPUR: Actor Datuk Jalaluddin Hassan is ready to cooperate with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in the matter of a financial consultancy company that hired him as an ambassador last year.
The 71-year-old said, however, that he had yet to hear from MACC about the firm, the focus of the recent Ops Sky which saw eight company directors and 18 bank officers arrested.
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He said he was not worried because he only produced videos and promoted the company.
"That was my job, nothing more.
"When this issue arose, I was quite surprised.
"I was told that as an ambassador I would not be affected in any way and the MACC has not contacted me.
"I will cooperate with them if required, it is not a problem. So far, there has been nothing yet," he told mStar on Sunday (Feb 2) night when met at the Moon Star Fashion Show in Kuala Lumpur.
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When asked about the payment received as company ambassador, Jalaluddin denied claims that he was paid up to RM400,000.
"How lucky I would be to get that much money. I deny (receiving RM400,000).
"Let the authorities investigate," he said.
Jalaluddin said he did not notice anything suspicious while working with the company.
"I felt happy working with it. Everything was fine.
"When I asked about its financial situation and how (things were going), there was nothing suspicious," he said.
It is learnt that Jalaluddin's contract as company ambassador was for one year.
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On Sunday, it was reported that MACC planned to summon several celebrities allegedly linked to the financial consultancy company that collapsed during Ops Sky.
It is understood that the celebrities who became ambassadors reportedly received RM150,000 to RM400,000 from the company.
This followed the arrest of at least 27 individuals by the Anti-Money Laundering Division during Ops Sky in collaboration with Bank Negara Malaysia.
The MACC said RM700mil in bank loans were approved for borrowers who were then caught up in a syndicate that supposedly offered financial assistance but took at least 35% of the total loans approved by banks.
MACC's investigation found that the syndicate had also invested a considerable sum in creating songs featuring famous Malaysian singers.
During Ops Sky, 98 company and individual accounts holding more than RM22mil were frozen for suspected money laundering, allegedly masterminded by the financial consultancy.
