KUALA LUMPUR – The Selangor government is ready to cooperate with authorities in investigations into the case of alleged corruption involving the Selangor Menteri Besar Incorporated (MBI) over sand mining concessions.
However, Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari urged all parties not to make any statements or accusations that could disrupt the ongoing probe, Bernama reported.
“We are very open to investigations of this state institution, and (the investigating agencies) are given space and very good cooperation by the state and the agencies, as this (investigation) will also ensure integrity continues to be upheld in institutions like MBI.
“…if there were procedural errors, we will rectify the procedures, but if it involves criminal matters, that is for the relevant authorities to take further action, which is beyond the state’s jurisdiction,” he said at a village chiefs retreat programme in Klang yesterday.
Amirudin, who is also MBI chairman, said that since 2019, his office has tightened the standard operating procedures in managing the body responsible for overseeing the state’s investments and businesses to ensure good governance.
Previously, media reported that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) had frozen assets worth millions of ringgit related to the MBI investigation concerning a sand mining concession corruption case.
Before that, two individuals – a former MBI senior executive and a businessman, were arrested in connection with the investigation.
To date, MACC has raided nine premises, including a condominium of a politician which was used as a “safehouse”, and seized nearly RM6 million in cash, including RM5 million in foreign currency discovered at a residence.
Several investigation papers have been opened under the MACC Act 2009 and the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Act 2001. – October 26, 2024