MACC may question more people after Ismail Sabri's former son-in-law
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian graft busters may need to call other people in for questioning once they speak to the former son-in-law of Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Chief Commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki said, aside from Datuk Jovian Mandagie, anyone else named by the former prime minister in statements to the commission would be called in to have their statements recorded.
"The appointment for the statement recording in Indonesia has been scheduled for a few days after Hari Raya Haji.
"It's not the final piece of the puzzle... there are still other pieces of evidence we need to gather," he told the New Straits Times .
Azam added that MACC was still analysing and verifying the assets Ismail Sabri had declared to it.
He said the commission was also scrutinising and conducting further investigation on the "defences" Ismail Sabri has put forward.
"Anyone he has named will be called in to give a statement. There are also several banking documents that we have yet to obtain," he said.
It was reported that MACC officials are expected to travel to Indonesia within the next two weeks to record a statement from Jovian, who is a former son-in-law of Ismail Sabri.
The trip was necessary to verify certain assets declared by the former prime minister on Feb 10.
He had named Jovian, who is currently residing in Indonesia, as one of the witnesses.
The MACC was expected to complete the investigation by the end of next month.
Ismail Sabri has been summoned multiple times to the MACC headquarters over allegations of corruption and money laundering.
The case revolves around spending and the acquisition of funds for the promotion and publicity of the Keluarga Malaysia programme during his tenure as prime minister from August 2021 to November 2022.
The current investigation is a continuation of the directive for Ismail Sabri to submit an asset declaration under Section 36(1) of the MACC Act 2009.
On Wednesday, Azam revealed the RM177 million seized in a case linked to the ninth prime minister is the largest sum he has seen in his 42-year career.
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