{
  "id": 467361,
  "title": "Zahid chairs BN briefing on Tabung Haji RCI report, PN leaders also attend",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/zahid-chairs-bn-briefing-on-tabung-haji-rci-report-pn-leaders-also",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-10T12:43:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/08/1508349/zahid-chairs-bn-briefing-tabung-haji-rci-report-pn-leaders-also-attend"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Senior leaders from Barisan Nasional gathered for a closed-door briefing at Umno headquarters in Kuala Lumpur to review the declassified Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) report on the Tabung Haji (TH) management. The two-hour session, chaired by BN chairman Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, concluded around 7pm. Attendees included Umno and MIC leaders, as well as PN members of Parliament. The report revealed that TH had reported a profit in 2017 while recording a net loss, and traced its financial issues to political interference, unsustainable payouts, and softening of audit findings. Following the briefing, the MACC detained five individuals, while police have opened five commercial crime investigation files and the IRB is actively investigating.",
  "summary": "The Malaysian government has declassified and released the 252-page Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) report on the Tabung Haji (TH) management from 2014 to 2020. The report, chaired by BN chairman Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, was attended by senior leaders from Barisan Nasional (BN) and Perikatan Nasional (PN), including PN secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan and Pas MPs. The findings reveal that TH reported a RM3.4 billion profit in 2017 while recording a net loss of RM1.4 billion, with international consulting firm Roland Berger raising concerns about TH's financial practices in 2017. The report also traced TH's financial problems to political interference in board appointments, unsustainable hibah payouts, and the National Audit Department's softening of findings to maintain depositor confidence. In response to the report, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has detained five individuals, and police have opened five commercial crime investigation files.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}