MACC to record statements of witnesses living abroad
PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) says it has to record the statements of witnesses living abroad before it can conclude its investigation into Felda Investment Corporation’s (FIC) hotel purchase in London.
MACC deputy chief commissioner (operations) Datuk Azam Baki said: “This process will involve Mutual Legal Assistance. “We cannot just go to the other country to investigate. We have to apply through our attorney-general (AG) and the AG will initiate communications with his counterpart there. So it will take some time.
“We are in the midst of applying to the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC).”
Azam said some of the witnesses had been identified.
“The witnesses include foreigners and Malaysians who are abroad,” he said at the official opening of MACC’s new building in Presint 7 here yesterday.
Azam said investigations into FIC’s purchase of a luxury hotel in Kuching were expected to conclude soon.
“We are leaving it to the AGC and the deputy public prosecutor to evaluate and decide on the charges after going through the statements that we recorded.”
On Monday, Azam confirmed that former Felda Global Ventures Holdings chairman Tan Sri Mohd Isa Abdul Samad was a suspect in the case involving the purchase of two hotels by FIC.
Isa, who is acting Land Public Transport Commission chairman, was detained by MACC last Tuesday and released on RM150,000 bail on Sunday following a fiveday remand.