SPRM tak serah notis isytihar harta kepada anak Saravanan berusia 12 tahun

Malaysian Anti-Corruption Agency (SPRM) has clarified that they did not surrender the property disclosure notice to Saravanan Saravanan's 12-year-old son. Speaking to reporters at the agency headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, SPRM Chairman Abd Halim Aman stated that the notice was instead delivered to Saravanan and his wife. According to him, the presence of the 12-year-old son during the notice delivery at the SPRM office was merely to accompany his parents, not to receive the documents.

"Regarding the notice delivery to a 12-year-old child, we did not surrender the notice to him," he explained. Under the law, the specific age category is not mentioned, but rather the terms "relative" and "friend" are used. Therefore, in the case of a 12-year-old child, the appropriate language and discretion are applied. SPRM decided not to surrender the notice to the 12-year-old son, as there is no such requirement, as per today's briefing.

Abd Halim detailed that the notice to disclose the property was issued under Section 36(2) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act and a 30-day period was granted, but it can be extended for justifiable reasons. Earlier, media reports had questioned SPRM's decision to deliver the notice to minors involved and accused them of an ethical violation.

Saravanan, accompanied by his family members, appeared at the SPRM headquarters in Putrajaya earlier to collect the property disclosure notice. SPRM's issuance of the notice follows ongoing investigations into Saravanan in connection with a corruption allegation related to the approval of foreign worker quotas.