PUTRAJAYA: More than 6,600 people have been detained by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) for corruption and abuse of power since 2020.
MACC Strategic Communications Division director Hisyam Mohd Yusoff said a total of 6,643 arrests were made through various operations conducted during the period.
He said the MACC had also received 40,648 pieces of information and opened 5,997 investigation papers, resulting in 2,843 charges and 1,459 convictions.
“The highest number of arrests was recorded in 2024 with 1,334 cases, compared to 998 arrests in 2020, 851 (2021), 909 (2022), 1,137 (2023), 1,145 (2025) and 269 arrests so far this year.
“As for charges, 2021 recorded the highest number with 525 cases, followed by 480 in 2020, 390 (2022), 446 (2023), 454 (2024), 475 (2025) and 73 charges this year,” he said yesterday.
Hisyam added that 190 convictions were recorded in 2020 before increasing to 300 in 2021.
However, the number dropped to 255 in 2022 and 185 in 2023 before rising again to 256 in 2024.
“A total of 234 convictions were recorded in 2025, while 39 convictions have been secured so far this year,” he said.
Hisyam said the number of complaints and information received by the MACC had consistently exceeded 6,000 annually, with 7,440 reports in 2020, followed by 6,463 (2021), 6,028 (2022), 6,040 (2023), 6,520 (2024) and 6,570 in 2025.
“This year alone, 1,587 pieces of information have been received and 328 investigation papers opened so far,” he added.
In a related development, MACC statistics showed that the total value of seizures, confiscations, forfeitures, compounds and case settlements from 2021 to 2026 reached more than RM16.29bil.
Hisyam said 2023 recorded the highest overall amount at RM8.11bil, followed by 2021 (RM5.13bil) and 2025 (RM1.74bil).
For the category involving frozen and seized assets, the highest amount was recorded in 2025 at RM6.94bil compared with RM1.22bil in 2023 and RM286.45mil in 2022.
“In 2021, the total frozen and seized assets stood at RM162.52mil before increasing sharply the following year, while this year’s figure stands at RM16.92mil so far,” he said.
As for forfeitures, the highest amount was recorded in 2025 at RM181.92mil, followed by RM40.85mil in 2022 and RM21.63mil in 2023.
Hisyam said compounds showed a significant increase beginning in 2022 when RM52.19mil was recorded before rising to RM60.82mil in 2024.
“No compounds were recorded in 2021, but the figure rose again in 2025 to RM56.85mil, while RM10.47mil has been recorded so far this year,” he said.
