Ex-Tabung Haji chairman Azeez to be charged tomorrow
Former Baling MP Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim is expected to be charged at the Kuala Lumpur sessions court.
Former Tabung Haji chairman Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim is set to be charged at Kuala Lumpur sessions court tomorrow under the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009, according to court e-filing records. The 9am hearing will be presided over by Judge Azura Alwi.
Azeez, who previously served as a Baling MP and a Treasury secretary-general, has been remanded for seven days until September 2 to aid investigations following disclosures related to the royal commission of inquiry (RCI) into Tabung Haji's affairs. The RCI, conducted between 2014 and 2020, uncovered that unrecorded losses from risky investments and "creative accounting" were used to justify annual profit distributions.
The commission traced Tabung Haji's financial troubles to political interference in board appointments, unsustainable hibah payouts, and the national audit department's decision to ease its findings out of concern for depositor confidence.
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