KUALA LUMPUR - The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has confirmed the existence of several suspicious expenses during the investigation into the misuse of MARA Corporation's (MARA Corp) corporate credit card.
According to MACC sources, based on the investigation carried out, it was found that there were suspicious expenses during March to December last year.
"Based on the investigation since last week, we found that there were several purchases of goods and services that did not involve the agency during March to December last year, but we are still investigating the goods and services purchased using the credit card.
According to Head Topic, this is a copy of a URLA screenshot of a receipt indicating a payment allegedly made by Mara Corp executive director Suhaili Abdul Rahman for a Ramadan dinner in Labuan last year.
"Therefore, the management of MARA Corp needs to come to the MACC Headquarters in Putrajaya tomorrow to explain the guidelines for the use of the agency's corporate credit card," he said.
When asked to comment on the progress of the investigation involving allegations of misconduct and integrity of several senior officers of the People's Trust Council (MARA), he stressed that a total of 17 individuals have been recorded.
"A total of 10 more individuals will be called this week. We expect that on Thursday, the investigation paper related to the case will be presented to the Deputy Public Prosecutor for further action, he said.
Earlier, on February 5, the MACC confirmed receiving a report on alleged integrity issues involving several senior MARA officers who were being investigated internally by the agency.
Later on February 7, the MACC raided and seized several documents from MARA, MARA Corp and a corporate secretarial company.
Last Thursday, the MACC was said to have started an investigation into allegations of corporate credit card misuse by the top management of MARA Corp.