MACC probe into mineral prospecting licences in Sabah completed, says Azam

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Investigations into alleged bribery involving mineral prospecting licences in Sabah have been completed with files already handed over to the deputy public prosecutor, said Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki in a press conference on Tuesday (Jan 21).  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/mtpkynvt  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00For the case involving Adun Sabah, I made a statement on 9th December, 2024,

00:12after the World Anti-Corruption Day was held at the Space Auditorium.

00:25When I was asked by the media,

00:29regarding the case involving Adun Sabah and Whistleblower,

00:35we opened two investigations.

00:39The first investigation involved Whistleblower himself

00:44and a former government official from Sabah,

00:49who was related to the Ministry of Minerals.

00:52In addition to us, the police also collaborated

00:57to investigate one of the issues that we investigated.

01:00Both sides, the Malaysian Police from Sabah

01:04and the SPRM exchanged information

01:07and shared information with the PDRM to solve this case.

01:13The case has been solved.

01:16For the case involving these two individuals,

01:19we have submitted the case to the Prosecutor's Office.

01:22I understand that the PDRM also submitted the case to the Prosecutor's Office.

01:30I went back to the Ministry of Justice

01:34to coordinate the decisions,

01:39whether they were accused or not,

01:41from the first case.

01:43The second case, involving 8 individuals,

01:49resulted from a portal that released 8 video captions.

01:55I want to emphasize that so far,

01:57the SPRM has only investigated based on the video

02:03released in the relevant portal.

02:07However, we have not shared or submitted

02:11the actual recordings to us by the relevant parties.

02:19So, in terms of investigation,

02:22we have recorded the conversations of the relevant parties

02:25and also other witnesses,

02:27including the relevant whistleblowers,

02:29to complete the investigation.

02:32The investigation was completed about a week ago

02:37and submitted to the PDRM.

02:41The PDRM has instructed the investigators

02:45to complete some explanations

02:50and instructions to be prepared before the end of January.

02:58I assure you that after the investigation is completed

03:01and after the decision is made,

03:03in late February or mid-February,

03:07I will inform you about the progress of the investigation.

03:12I ask all parties to be patient

03:14and not to speculate.

03:16Let us, as an independent agency,

03:19carry out the investigation

03:21and let the Prosecutor's Office

03:24decide the outcome of the case.

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