KUALA LUMPUR – The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has completed recording a statement from a former chief financial officer (CFO) of a company linked to a statutory body as part of investigations arising from the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) report on Lembaga Tabung Haji (Tabung Haji).
MACC Chief Commissioner Datuk Seri Abd Halim Aman said the former senior officer was questioned over alleged abuse of power in the acquisition process involving shares in two plantation companies valued at approximately RM370 million, Bernama reported.
He said the fourth and final day of questioning began at 9am and concluded at 6.30pm yesterday.
“His statement recording session for the fourth day started at 9am today and ended at 6.30pm.
“Today is the final day for MACC to record the statement of the former senior officer,” he said in a statement.
The 60-year-old former CFO was previously detained by MACC alongside the company’s former chief executive officer (CEO) after both individuals appeared at the commission’s headquarters in Putrajaya on Tuesday to provide statements.
Separately, MACC has arrested three additional individuals in connection with investigations into alleged misappropriation involving about RM450,000 in Notice of Penalty (NOP) charges, following findings highlighted in the RCI report on Tabung Haji.
The three suspects – a deputy general manager for construction, an occupational safety and health manager, and a project director of a property company owned by a statutory body – were remanded for five days until Aug 9 after Magistrate Ezrene Zakariah allowed MACC’s application at the Putrajaya Magistrates’ Court.
A MACC source said the trio were arrested at the commission’s headquarters at around 6pm on Aug 5.
Initial investigations found that the suspects allegedly acted in concert to commit the offences between 2017 and 2019.
“The remand order follows investigations by a special task force established to review and examine the findings of the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on Tabung Haji, which were made public through the official portal of the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim) on July 29,” the source said.
Abd Halim confirmed the arrests, adding that the investigation was being conducted under Section 17(a) of the MACC Act 2009.
The latest development follows MACC’s earlier detention of the former CEO and CFO of the statutory body-linked company over allegations relating to the acquisition of shares in two plantation firms.
The RCI was established to investigate governance practices, financial management and investment transactions involving Tabung Haji between 2014 and 2020.
Its findings recommended that enforcement agencies, including MACC, conduct further investigations into possible abuse of power, misappropriation of funds and breaches of procedures that may have resulted in losses affecting deposits entrusted by Malaysia’s Muslim community. – August 7, 2026