Muhyiddin: MACC has right to freeze Umno accounts

Home Minister Muhyiddin Yassin says MACC would have taken action based on its findings.

Home Minister Muhyiddin Yassin says it is within MACC’s jurisdiction to freeze Umno’s accounts.

JOHOR BAHRU: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has always taken action based on its findings and has the power to freeze the bank accounts of Umno’s national headquarters as well as the Selangor chapter.

Home Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said the freezing of the accounts was within MACC’s jurisdiction.

“I do not know and have not received any reports on the matter but it is the duty of the MACC. I cannot comment.

“Whatever the action taken by the MACC, it is certainly based on its findings,” he said after visiting the Customs, Immigration and Quarantine Complex, Sultan Iskandar Building, here today.

He said this when asked to comment on a report on the freezing of the Umno Central and Selangor headquarters accounts, as claimed by Umno vice-president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi who is also the acting Umno president.

Muhyiddin refuted Zahid’s allegation that he would instruct the Registrar of Societies (RoS) to cancel Umno’s registration.

He said RoS was entitled to take action on any organisation found to be not in compliance with the law besides failing to comply with the rules of any political party.

“It is bad for Zahid who was in the position (of home minister) to imagine so because it is possible when he was there, he did that and maybe he thinks I am like him.

“I am not like him. I am confident and believe we must be professional in making any inquiries and do not simply accuse. If Umno has made a mistake, Umno must know its constitution and laws, as well as what to do,” he said.

Earlier, Zahid claimed that bank accounts of Umno’s national headquarters, as well its Selangor chapter, had been frozen today by the MACC while Johor Umno’s account was almost sure to be frozen by the MACC in the near future. -FMT