Former HR minister M Saravanan arrives at KL court to cheers from supporters

Former Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M Saravanan arrived at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex this morning to cheers from dozens of supporters. He was escorted by several Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officers and arrived in a multi-purpose vehicle at about 8.24am.

Saravanan is expected to face charges under Section 16 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act, according to the New Straits Times. The charges relate to alleged corruption in foreign worker recruitment during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2022.

Saravanan has previously denied any involvement in the approval of foreign worker recruitment, stating that all applications were processed through the Foreign Workers Centralised Management System. In a letter to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Saravanan claimed that certain individuals were coerced into implicating him and that neither he nor his family were personally involved in the recruitment of foreign workers.

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