MACC TO RECORD STATEMENTS
Agency sifting through documents seized, to summon witnesses
THE Malaysian AntiCorruption Commission (MACC) will call all parties involved in its probe into allegations of discrepancies in Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (FGV).
MACC Chief Commissioner Datuk Dzulkifli Ahmad said they would be summoned soon.
He said his officers were looking through the documents seized during an eight-hour visit to Menara Felda on Thursday.
“After studying the documents, we will be able to determine who to call. InsyaAllah, we will record the witnesses’ statements very soon.
“We also want to assure that our investigations will be professional and transparent,” he said after distributing bubur lambuk at Masjid Al-Jamiul Badawi here yesterday.
Officers took documents they hoped could shed light on several allegations of abuses, some dating back to 2013.
Dzulkifli also did not discount the possibility that they may haul up witnesses from overseas, which he said, may take a longer time.
He also said that several reports were lodged since the beginning of this year, prompting investigations by MACC.
Dzulkifli declined to divulge the contents of the reports.
“The contents of the reports are no longer important as we have started investigations.”
Present was state MACC chief Datuk Abdul Aziz Aban.
In Putrajaya, MACC deputy chief commissioner (operations) Datuk Azam Baki said the commission was studying the documents seized.
“Our investigation will focus on six issues involving FGV.
“We will look into these issues in detail to find out whether there are any elements of corruption or abuse of power before further action can be taken according to the law.
“We urge all parties to give space and time to the investigating team and not to make any speculation because that may jeopardise the investigation,” he said in a statement yesterday.
In Kuala Lumpur, the Anti-Corruption Advisory Board yesterday threw its unequivocal support behind MACC’s investigations into FGV.
“The advisory board welcomes the upsurge of confidence in MACC as shown by the requests to probe suspected corrupt practices at FGV.
“It will also give MACC its unequivocal support and every encouragement to carry out its investigations thoroughly, without fear or favour, with its usual due care and attention for which it has deservedly earned a name for itself,” its chairman, Tunku Abdul Aziz Tunku Ibrahim, said in a statement.