Ex-Tabung Haji chairman, former Treasury sec-gen arrested by MACC over RCI findings

The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has arrested a former chairman of Lembaga Tabung Haji and a former Treasury secretary-general. Both men, who are in their 60s, were detained at the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya around 4pm. They are expected to be brought before the Putrajaya Magistrates' Court for a remand application.

The arrests are part of the MACC's investigation into matters arising from the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) report on the pilgrimage fund. According to MACC Chief Commissioner Datuk Seri Abd Halim Aman, the investigation is ongoing. This is not the first arrest related to the RCI report; a former Tabung Haji chief executive officer was remanded for seven days on August 21.

The MACC has been actively investigating the RCI report's findings, having previously detained and called in several individuals to assist in the probe, including a former chief executive officer of a shipping company, a director of a construction company, a former company director, and four former senior Tabung Haji management personnel.

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