Earlier charges relate to a Covid-19 stimulus programme conceived by former finance minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz. Read more at straitstimes.com.
KUALA LUMPUR - The treasurer of the political party led by Malaysia’s former premier Muhyiddin Yassin has been arrested by graft busters and remanded for two days in relation to a probe into the party’s funds.
The source added that MACC made the application for remand on Tuesday at the Magistrate Court in Kuala Lumpur. On Tuesday, Tan Sri Muhyiddin’s close associate Adam Radlan Adam Muhammad was slapped with a fifth charge of bribery involving RM2 million related to the Jana Wibawa initiative. In February, Adam, who is also deputy chief of Bersatu’s Segambut division, and Bersatu information chief Wan Saiful Wan Jan were charged with corruption and solicitation totalling at least RM7.4 million.One charge is for accepting RM6.9 million in bribes from a firm in relation to the Jana Wibawa initiative. The second charge is for soliciting from the same firm an unspecified amount for a road project worth RM232 million under the same initiative.
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