KUALA LUMPUR: Anti-corruption investigators have begun investigating allegations that funds were deposited into the bank account of a senior military officer.
Sources said Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officers were at the Defence Ministry at about 11.30am on Tuesday (Dec 23) to begin preliminary investigations into several Army projects from 2023 to the present.
"The probe is focusing on projects carried out through open tender procurement as well as those implemented under the Army’s Responsibility Centres (PTJ).
“Suspicious financial transactions linked to certain individuals named in the allegations will also be examined,” the source said.
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Meanwhile, MACC chief commissioner Azam Baki confirmed that an investigation paper has been opened under Section 17(a) of the MACC Act 2009 in relation to alleged corruption involving a senior military officer.
He stressed that all investigations are being conducted independently and professionally, based on facts and evidence, and in accordance with existing legal provisions.
He emphasised that all investigations are conducted independently and professionally, based on facts and evidence, in accordance with existing laws.
Earlier, activist Badrul Hisham Shaharin, better known as Chegubard, said he would present himself at the MACC headquarters on Thursday to submit information related to the alleged corruption involving the senior officer.
Chegubard also lodged a police report with the Dang Wangi district police headquarters, stating that he possessed a financial forensic report on the individual’s bank accounts.
On Monday (Dec 22), Defence Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin said he was aware that a police report had been lodged and that he fully respected the legal process that would follow, regarding an alleged money-laundering case involving a senior military officer.
