2 DATUK NABBED OVER IJOK DEAL
Nine personal and company bank accounts worth RM39 million frozen, says MACC chief commissioner
THE MACC also arrests 4 others in connection with the RM1.18 billion land deal involving the PKR-led Selangor government. Nine bank accounts containing RM39 million are frozen.
THE Malaysian AntiCorruption Commission (MACC) has arrested six people, including two Datuk, to assist its probe into the RM1.18 billion Ijok land deal involving the PKR-led Selangor government.
MACC Chief Commissioner Tan Sri Dzulkifli Ahmad said the six, aged between 34 and 84, were arrested in Putrajaya between 12.45pm and 4pm yesterday. Among them, he said, were a father and son.
He said MACC’s probe was focused on the payout of RM200 million to five companies, with each receiving RM68 million, RM62 million, RM42 million, RM16.5 million and RM8.5 million.
He said MACC had seized documents from three of the companies to assist in the investigations.
Investigators, he said, had frozen nine personal and company bank accounts worth RM39 million owned by the suspects.
The issue first came to light last month when Barisan Nasional Strategic Communications director Datuk Seri Abdul Rahman Dahlan urged Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Azmin Ali to explain why the Selangor government had handed over a plot of land worth RM1.18 billion in Ijok to two developers, Mujur Zaman Sdn Bhd and LCBN Development Sdn Bhd, in 2016.
The 324ha plot was purchased by the two developers in 1998, but was seized by the Selangor government under the administration of former MB Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim, following a breach of terms and conditions of the National Land Code.
The seizure was made after the developer was alleged to have failed to develop the land. The developers brought the case to court.
It was set to be heard in the Federal Court when Azmin’s administration struck a settlement with the developers, a move which has been criticised by several quarters.
Earlier this month, MACC said it had conducted a forensic audit on the five companies’ accounts that were related to the Ijok land deal.
MACC Deputy Chief Commissioner (operations) Datuk Seri Azam Baki said the commission was identifying suspicious transactions in the accounts.
He said individuals linked to the companies, including directors and accountants, had been called to give their statements.