MACC denies serving asset declaration notice on Saravanan’s 12-year-old son
Anti-graft agency says the child was only accompanying his parents when the family went to its headquarters on Monday.
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has denied serving an asset declaration notice to the 12-year-old son of former human resources minister M Saravanan. According to MACC chief commissioner Abd Halim Aman, while there is no specific age category defined by law for receiving such notices, the agency exercised its discretion in this case.
Halim stated that the law refers to relatives or associates, not specifying whether they are adults or children. The 12-year-old's presence at the MACC headquarters, therefore, did not imply he was there to receive a notice related to the investigation. He was merely accompanying his parents. This decision was made, Halim explained, after considering what was reasonable in the situation.
The asset declaration notices were issued to Saravanan, his wife, and their children as part of MACC's investigation into alleged corruption involving the approval of foreign worker quotas.
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