Report lodged against ex-finance minister
PUTRAJAYA: Non-governmental organisation Hisbah Centre for Reform has lodged a report with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) over alleged corruption and abuse of power involving a former finance minister.
The report was lodged by Hisbah secretary Abdul Ghani Haroon, who also handed over about 600 sheets of documents to MACC, believed to contain information on the case.
“These documents comprise financial reports when the former finance minister was helming several institutions and companies,” he said at the MACC headquarters here.
Ghani declined to disclose the identity of the former minister, but stated that the person was appointed under the administration of former prime ministers Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
According to him, the individual had also controlled one of the largest government-linked companies with a surplus of over RM1 million.
Ghani, who declined to divulge the form of abuse of power by the former finance minister, said a report relating to the case was made by Hisbah chairman Datuk Mohamad Ezam Mohd Nor to MACC during the Abdullah administration.
“Hisbah is again making a report because it wants to make sure the new government’s administration undertakes changes and does not make the same mistake as with the previous administrations,” he added.