PUTRAJAYA: Graft busters have started investigations following the Auditor General's report on a student recruitment programme involving Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM).
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki said issues highlighted in the report indicated potential irregularities that warrant further scrutiny.
"The first issue concerns a student intake programme conducted through a corporate entity, which allegedly did not obtain approval from the university’s board of directors.
"The programme is believed to have taken place about four years ago.
The second involves alleged false claims submitted by agents responsible for recruiting students," he told reporters at the MACC headquarters on Wednesday (March 4).
Although the matters appeared to stem from a single issue in the report, Azam said investigators have separated them into two probes - one focusing on the programme itself and another on the recruitment agents involved.
"So far, no witnesses have been called in to provide statements.
"However, investigators have contacted UKM to obtain relevant documents needed to facilitate the probe," Azam said.
