Ops Sky: Celebrities’ accounts not frozen, says Azam Baki

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Three celebrities were called in by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to have their statements recorded to assist in an investigation related to a loan syndicate involving a financial consultancy firm on Thursday (Feb 6).  MACC Chief Commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki confirmed that the bank accounts of these celebrities had not been frozen.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/ma9zbw6s   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:30For me, for now, I see these three companies as influencers for the media companies.

00:39However, why do we need to call them?

00:42Not only to complete the investigation, but we want to see why the media companies

00:48use celebrities to promote their packages to the public officials

01:02to ask for loans from financial institutions.

01:07That's what we want to see.

01:09So, for me, it's not an issue how much they receive.

01:13However, we also want to see if so many investments are made to pay for celebrities,

01:20this will also create a problem for us as investigators in this matter.

01:26So, in this investigation, we need to look at all angles.

01:29In this matter, celebrities are called to help our investigation

01:34to see whether they can help or not our investigation.

01:39So, are there other influencers that need to be called?

01:41If there are other influencers, we don't think we will call them.

01:45But as of now, have any other influencers been called?

01:48As of now, only three will be called. I think they are here already.

01:53Tan Sri, in terms of accounts that have been frozen,

01:56and how much of funds have been frozen so far for OPSCAN, can you elaborate more?

02:03As so far, I was informed about 80 million, money has been frozen.

02:07This money is in the account of Bekenaan Corporation.

02:10What I want to update a little about OPSCAN,

02:13aside from the company making lending easier for those who are considered unworthy,

02:19and there is also another modus operandi for them,

02:23which is that most of the lenders are government officials.

02:28These government officials are encouraged and promoted by Bekenaan Corporation

02:34to reinvest in Bekenaan Corporation.

02:38Bekenaan Corporation's lending money.

02:40This is another thing that we need to look at,

02:44if there is another crime committed by Bekenaan Corporation

02:49which is called Illegal Deposit Taking.

02:52For all information, we can continue our investigation

02:57even though it is not under the Illegal Deposit Taking Act.

03:00It is under Section 10, Subsection 3.

03:03Illegal Deposit Taking Act 2009.

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