{"id":13239,"date":"2022-02-07T16:40:41","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T08:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=13239"},"modified":"2022-02-07T16:40:43","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T08:40:43","slug":"macc-raids-mara-hq-mara-corp-kl-offices-over-alleged-power-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=13239","title":{"rendered":"MACC raids MARA HQ, MARA Corp KL offices over alleged power abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7 &#8212; The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) today raided several Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA) offices over&nbsp;alleged integrity issues involving a number of&nbsp;senior officers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a MACC source, the raids were conducted at both the MARA and MARA Corporation\u00a0headquarters, and at a corporate secretary company around the city beginning at 10.30 am today involving 11 MACC officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-07-at-16.39.05.png\" alt=\"mara\" class=\"wp-image-13240\" width=\"477\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-07-at-16.39.05.png 578w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-07-at-16.39.05-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-07-at-16.39.05-183x100.png 183w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-07-at-16.39.05-350x191.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It is\u00a0understood that the raids were for the purpose of collecting documents related to power abuse linked to several officers at the agencies,\u00a0which went viral on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Saturday, MACC&nbsp;confirmed that it received a report on alleged integrity issues involving several senior officers of MARA who were&nbsp;being investigated internally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MACC informed&nbsp;that it took the allegations seriously and that an investigation would start on Monday (Feb 7) by taking statements from several witnesses from MARA Corporation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;The investigation is conducted under Section 23 (1) of the MACC Act 2009 relating to the offense of any public body officer who uses his\/her position to obtain bribes,&#8221;<\/em> the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/\">NMT<\/a> as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bernama.com\/en\/crime_courts\/news.php?id=2049891\">Bernama<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7 &#8212; 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