KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has frozen 16 bank accounts containing RM10.2 million as the graft busters intensify its investigation into alleged corruption involving e-waste processing, effluent discharge, and scheduled waste disposal in Selangor and Negri Sembilan.
Sources said the MACC also seized cash amounting to RM87,000 and valuable items worth RM220,000 in its investigation under Op Nature.
“The MACC has also been granted an extension of remand against a company director today until Jan 30,” the source said.
Source added that Negri Sembilan MACC has remanded four people, including a senior officer from a government department, from Jan 20 until today.
The arrests and remand involve company directors and officers from the Department of Environment suspected of protecting factories engaged in e-waste processing and the disposal of scheduled waste without following prescribed procedures, the source said.
Meanwhile, MACC Chief Commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki confirmed that the investigation is being conducted under Section 16 of the MACC Act 2009 and did not rule out the possibility of further arrests.
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