PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has filed civil forfeiture applications against 41 individuals and entities to recover money allegedly transferred from the account of former prime minister Najib Razak.
MACC chief commissioner Latheefa Koya said the forfeitures filed under Section 56 of the Anti-Money Laundering Act are to recover RM270 million of 1MDB money transferred to Najib’s account and later to the individuals and entities.
At a press conference here today, she said the biggest recipients of the money were Umno divisions and branches which received RM212 million.
She said MACC has recovered RM919 million to date in money from the 1MDB scandal.
Most of it was recovered from film production company Red Granite, the Park Lane hotel in New York and other assets through the US Department of Justice, she added.
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