KUALA LUMPUR: Former Tabung Haji (TH) Chairman Datuk Seri Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim has been brought to the Sessions Court where he is expected to be charged under the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009.
He arrived at 10.21am on Wednesday (Sept 9), clad in the purple attire used for remand detainees.
The former Baling member of Parliament is scheduled to be charged before judge Azura Alwi.
He was earlier brought to court for a separate remand proceeding for a police investigation under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating.
In a Facebook post the day before, Abdul Azeez's son Azman Azeez said his father was detained by Dang Wangi police in the evening and would be remanded on Wednesday.
"As a son, it isn’t easy to see my father endure this. I am sad, afraid and disappointed," he said in his post.
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It is believed he will be charged under Section 23 of the MACC Act.
On Aug 27, the former TH chairman and a former Treasury secretary-general were each remanded for seven days until Sept 2 to assist investigations following disclosures related to the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) report on the institution.
Both individuals are being investigated under Section 23(1) of the MACC Act.
The RCI report on TH, published on the Malaysian Islamic Development Department’s (Jakim) official portal on July 29, recommended, among other measures, a forensic audit to examine investment decision-making that led to a significant decline in the institution's asset value.
The report, which examined TH's management and operations between 2014 and 2020, also identified investments requiring a forensic audit.
The report also found suspicious transactions and concealed information.
