KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has summoned three individuals to record their statements in connection with procurement involving army projects.
Sources said the three individuals were called in yesterday, while MACC also intensified investigations that began on Dec 23 by scrutinising accounts suspected of being linked to corrupt procurement practices.
“Yesterday, the MACC summoned three individuals to record their statements, and preliminary investigations found that from 2023 to 2025, there were 158 army procurement projects valued at more than RM500,000, while a total of 4,521 projects were below RM500,000.
“Initial checks of all these projects found that several companies frequently secured projects of high value, which is somewhat questionable.
“However, a detailed review has yet to be carried out on the profiling of the companies awarded these contracts,” the source said.
Yesterday, MACC received a complaint and recorded a statement from Port Dickson Bersatu chief Badrul Hisham Shaharin, also known as Chegubard.
The activist was present to channel information at the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya at noon.
He alleged that “large cash inflows” were detected in the bank accounts of the officer and his family members, purportedly from companies that had secured military projects.
Badrul Hisham, citing a forensic audit of documents he received anonymously, claimed that the officer received money each month in his bank account, ranging from RM50,000 to RM60,000.
The documents, he claimed, also purportedly showed larger transfers of several hundred thousand ringgit into accounts linked to the officer.
Badrul Hisham also alleged that the funds were transferred from accounts belonging to companies that had secured military projects.
Following the claims, MACC on Tuesday visited the Defence Ministry’s headquarters to launch preliminary inquiries into several army projects from 2023.
Sources said the probe centred on projects awarded through open tender procurement as well as procurements conducted under the army’s responsibility centres.
Meanwhile, MACC Chief Commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki confirmed that an investigation paper has been opened under Section 17(a) of the MACC Act 2009.
He said all investigations are conducted independently and professionally, based on facts and evidence, in line with the provisions of the law in force.
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