{"id":16530,"date":"2023-03-09T08:49:28","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T00:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=16530"},"modified":"2023-03-09T08:49:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T00:49:29","slug":"malaysias-ex-pm-muhyiddin-summoned-to-anti-graft-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=16530","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia’s ex-PM Muhyiddin summoned to anti-graft agency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KUALA LUMPUR, March 9<\/strong> — Former Malaysian prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin was summoned to appear at the country’s anti-graft agency on Thursday, following allegations of abuse in stimulus programmes launched under his premiership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a Facebook post, Muhyiddin, who was prime minister for 17 months between 2020 and 2021, said he has been called into the headquarters of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) at 11am on Thursday. He did not say why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also denied a news report that he was arrested on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim last year ordered a review of government projects worth billions of dollars approved by Muhyiddin, including COVID-19 relief programmes, alleging they did not follow proper procedures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Muhyiddin, who is now in the opposition, has denied the accusations, describing them as political vendetta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anwar’s office and the MACC did not immediately reply to requests for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anwar and Muhyiddin went head-to-head in a tightly contested election in November that resulted in a hung parliament as neither candidate won a parliamentary majority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Malaysia’s constitutional monarch, King Al-Sultan Abdullah, then appointed Anwar as prime minister after he formed a coalition with other political parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the election, Muhyiddin and his party have been subject to graft investigations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two leaders belonging to Muhyiddin’s party have been charged by the MACC with bribery over an economic recovery project launched by his government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Muhyiddin was questioned by the MACC last month regarding the same project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The MACC has also frozen bank accounts belonging to Muhyiddin’s party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NMT<\/a> as reported by Reuters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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