MACC freezes bank accounts, assets of PAS leaders

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has frozen the bank accounts and assets, including luxury cars, belonging to certain PAS leaders in connection with its investigation on an allegation that the party had received RM90 million suspected to be money from the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) state investment fund.

A source in MACC confirmed the matter, but declined to elaborate.

“Yes, MACC did seize several assets,” he said.

Yesterday, PAS secretary-general Datuk Takiyuddin Hassan spent more than four hours at the MACC’s headquarters in Putrajaya to assist the commission’s investigation on an allegation that the party had received RM90 million suspected to be money from the 1MDB state investment fund.

Last Feb 24, MACC Chief Commissioner Datuk Seri Shukri Abdull was reported to have said that the commission had not traced any transactions on the RM90 million from 1MDB into PAS’ bank account.

The issue of PAS receiving money from Umno resurfaced when PAS president Datuk Seri Hadi Awang decided on Feb 1 to finalise the out-ofcourt settlement by withdrawing his suit against Sarawak Report (SR) editor, Clare Rewcastle Brown, concerning the article which contained the allegation.

Prior to this, several people had been called up by MACC in connection with the case, including Bachok Member of Parliament Nik Mohamad Abduh Nik Abdul Aziz, former PAS deputy president Datuk Dr Nasharudin Mat Isa and Parti Amanah Negara (Amanah) vice-president Datuk Husam Musa.