TEMERLOH: Another witness in the corruption trial of former Federal Territory Umno Youth head Datuk Mohamad Norza Zakaria and his agent, Halimi Kamaruzzaman, told the Sessions Court here that his statement to a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) earlier was inaccurate.

Pahang Special Affairs Department (JASA) director Yusof Jamaludin, who is the 10th prosecution witness, claimed that several of his requests to amend the statement was not done properly by the MACC officers when he was questioned at the Temerloh MACC office on Jan 20 last year.

PETALING JAYA: Condone support letters and possibly allow corruption to fester.

This is how national anti-graft watchdogs and Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) advisory panelists feel about support letters for projects issued by Cabinet ministers and senior government officers.

Such support letters must be put to a stop, they say.

PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has detained 34 people nationwide in connection with sand smuggling activities, said its deputy chief commissioner (Operations), Datuk Mohd Shukri Abdull.

He said the arrests involved 24 civil servants, five members of the public, a special officer and a private secretary to two politicians.

SHAH ALAM: The coroner's court this morning set Jan 22 for the submission of contempt of court application filed against Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officer Raub Ghani by Teoh Beng Hock's brother, Meng Kee, two weeks ago.

PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court this morning granted leave to Kajang municipal councillor Tan Boon Wah to challenge two questions of law in the ruling by the Court of Appeal on his challenge to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).

Judge Tan Sri Alaudin Shariff granted leave to Tan's questions related to Section 30 (3)(a) of the MACC Act 2009, related to MACC's interrogation hours.

On Dec 22 last year, Tan, 39, filed for leave against the Court of Appeal’s ruling that the MACC can interrogate witnesses after office hours.

PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Anti- Corruption Commission (MACC) has opened a file to look into possible elements of power abuse by the Selangor State government’s post-for-project demand in the Yayasan Basmi Kemiskinan

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 11 (Bernama) -- Non-governmental organisation Bersih Bangun Selangor (Bebas) today filed a report with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) against Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim over the UiTM campus project issue as reported by the Malay Mail on Jan 6.

Bebas chairman Mohd Abdul Raof Mokhtar said the Selangor government had directed Yayasan Basmi Kemiskinan (YBK) to install Khalid as its chairman or stop all its development on the 179.2-hectare (448 acres) UiTM campus project site in Serendah.

PETALING JAYA: Lawyers for Yayasan Basmi Kemiskinan (YBK) are studying whether there are grounds to lodge a report with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on the Selangor government's post-for-project demand.

YBK's lawyer Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Rahman told The Malay Mail yesterday: "At the moment, we are studying the case. Hopefully, within a week, we can come up with a decision."

PETALING JAYA: Yayasan Basmi Kemiskinan (Selangor Darul Ehsan) has been advised by its lawyers to lodge a report with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) against the Selangor government's post-for-project decision.

PETALING JAYA: Yayasan Basmi Kemiskinan (Selangor Darul Ehsan) will be seeking legal advice on whether it should lodge a report with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) against the Selangor government's post-for-project decision.