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PARLIAMENT | The MACC is currently investigating Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department director Wan Ahmad Najmuddin Mohd in relation to funds frozen in his bank account in Sydney, Australia.
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Razali Ibrahim said MACC opened an investigation paper on the matter on March 6.
This was four days after Australian daily Sydney Morning Herald reported that local authorities there had frozen a bank account belonging to Wan Ahmad with deposits of more than A$320,000 (RM971,800).
According to the paper, Australian federal police claimed the money channelled into Wan Ahmad’s account were either laundered or were proceeds from crime.
"The MACC has also requested for case documents from the Australian federal police," Razali said in his winding-up speech at the Dewan Rakyat today.
"For your information, the MACC's investigations will also take into account the statement made by the inspector-general of police (Mohamad Fuzi Harun) on March 15," said Razali, who is in charge of the MACC.
He was replying to Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (PKR-Permatang Pauh) who raised the question during her debate on the royal address.
On March 15, Fuzi reportedly denied that Wan Ahmad had been asked to take leave of absence and reiterated that an internal investigation conducted in 2016 had cleared him of any wrongdoing.
Felda follow-up
Razali also responded to Gobind Singh Deo's (DAP-Puchong) questions on whether any action had been taken against Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) officers involved in alleged criminal fraud linked to its land on Jalan Semarak.
"No one has been found guilty, so there is no suspension. None. It was just a normal domestic inquiry," Razali said.
He also said that the internal inquiry panel under the Prime Minister’s Department has been given three months from Feb 13 to complete its probe and make recommendations to Felda's management on necessary actions to be taken.
"Ask me again after three months. If Parliament has yet to be dissolved, I'll answer (you) again," he told Gobind, who insisted that temporary measures should have been taken based on Felda chairperson Shahrir Samad's initial statement that there was an element of criminal fraud in the land transfer.
On March 9, Shahrir confirmed that Felda had regained possession of all its 16 lots of land along Jalan Semarak that had been transferred to a company for development of the Kuala Lumpur Vertical City (KLVC).
The controversy over the land ownership came to light in December last year, when a local newspaper revealed that Felda was at risk of losing the land, worth RM270 million, that was earmarked for developing KLVC, through a dubious transaction made in December 2015. -Mkini
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