PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has denied issuing a notice to declare assets to former minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan’s 12-year-old child.
MACC chief commissioner Datuk Seri Abd Halim Aman said claims that their officers had served the notice on the child and required his attendance in person were inaccurate.
“Actually, we did not issue any notice to the son of the former minister.
“We used our discretion to determine that the child would not be served the notice,” he told a press conference yesterday.
When asked about the need to bring the child to the MACC headquarters on Sept 28, Abd Halim said parents have brought their children along in the past.
“Perhaps, they did not want to leave the child alone at home,” he said.
Saravanan, together with his wife and two children, was reported to have gone to the MACC headquarters on Monday.
The Tapah MP questioned the need to do so and added that such notices could be given to the parent directly on their behalf.
To this, Abd Halim explained that the asset declaration notice was issued under Section 36 of the MACC Act 2009, and a period of 30 days was given, but it could be extended with reasonable grounds.
The notice was issued in connection with the MACC’s ongoing investigation into the case involving Saravanan.
The former minister was previously charged in the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court with three counts of receiving bribes totalling nearly RM1.09mil in connection with the approval of 1,000 foreign worker quotas for a company in 2022.
