KUALA LUMPUR – Business tycoon Tan Sri Mokhzani Mahathir has been granted another one-month extension to declare his assets as demanded by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
This is the second extension granted to Mokhzani after he made a recent application.
Speaking to Scoop, MACC’s director of the Anti-Money Laundering Prevention Division, Datuk Mohamad Zamri Zainul Abidin, said that the first extension should have ended yesterday.
“Therefore, an extension request has been submitted, and he (Mokhzani) has been granted another month until April 25,” he said.
Initially, Mokhzani was given until February 25 to declare his assets and requested an extension until March 25.
On January 26, the MACC issued a notice to Mokhzani to declare his assets under Section 36(1)(b) of the MACC Act 2009.
However, on February 20, he requested another month’s extension to declare his assets.
This came after the businessman was summoned to assist in investigations at the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya.
Mokhzani was previously given until March 25 to declare his assets to the MACC.
Originally, he was given a period from January 25 to February 25 to declare his assets and requested an extension until March 25.
On March 16, the MACC granted Mokhzani’s businessman brother Mirzan Mahathir another month to declare his assets.
This means that Mirzan, who is the second son of former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, has until April 15 to declare his assets to the graft busting agency.
Mirzan was initially given a period from January 15 to February 15 to do so, but requested an extension until March 15.
On January 18, the MACC issued a statement confirming that Mirzan had been summoned to its headquarters in Putrajaya to assist in an ongoing investigation.
The order to declare assets was a continuation of the MACC’s investigation into information in the Panama Papers and his business activities involving the sale and purchase of government-linked companies (GLCs).
In a joint statement on February 8, Mirzan and Mokhzani affirmed that they were compiling information on asset declarations as requested by the MACC.
They said that the compilation required the involvement of various relevant parties to assist and advise on the process. – March 26, 2024