KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and the Home Ministry are working to locate the whereabouts of fugitive businessman Datuk Seri Muhammad Adlan Berhan, who has been on the run for more than two years.
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) M. Kulasegaran said this after several members of parliament questioned the inability to locate the son-in-law of former prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, who is wanted by the MACC for alleged criminal breach of trust.
“The anti-graft agency had submitted several documents related to Adlan to the police on Aug 23, 2023.
“This was to get assistance for the issuance of an Interpol red notice.
“The MACC cannot override Interpol’s jurisdiction for the confirmation.
“This is in line with legal provisions and the location of the individual, as the whereabouts have yet to be verified,” he said when winding up the 2026 Supply Bill at committee level.
Regarding his passport, an application to revoke had been made to the Immigration Department on Aug 4, 2023 and Sept 8, 2025.
“The department had revoked the passport, as per the letter on Sept 12, 2025.”
Earlier, Khoo Poay Tiong (PH-Kota Melaka) questioned why New Straits Times could track Adlan’s location, when the authorities were unable to do so.
Adlan is believed to be living it up in the Middle East.
Photographs shared by NST showed Adlan in the company of several Middle Eastern dignitaries.
Adlan is believed to have been going in and out of the Middle Eastern country for overseas trips, including to Thailand for golf and visits to a shooting range.
The MACC had in the past said Adlan was residing in a country that does not have extradition arrangements with Malaysia.
Adlan, 49, left for New Zealand on May 17, 2023, not long after his father-in-law was hit with several corruption charges.
His lawyer, Mansoor Saat, 70, packed up and left for Jakarta four days after Adlan and has been on the run ever since.
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