Bringing down the hammer

Decisive action: Azam (third from left) updating the media during the special briefing at the commission’s headquarters. — AZLINA ABDULLAH/The Star

PUTRAJAYA: Some 33 indivi­duals, including army officers and bank personnel, are likely to be charged in court in three upcoming high profile corruption cases, says the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).

These cases are related to the troubled MEX II highway project, a smuggling ring that brought in drugs and cigarettes and a syndicate linked to the approval of RM700mil in loans for civil ser­vants.