MACC freezes 16 accounts with RM10.2 million, seizes cash and jewellery in Op Nature, targeting illegal e-waste disposal and scheduled waste.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has frozen 16 bank accounts containing RM10.2 million and seized assets in a major operation. The seizures include RM87,000 in cash, vehicles, and jewellery valued at RM220,000.
The assets were secured on January 20 under ‘Op Nature’, a joint operation by the Selangor and Negeri Sembilan MACC branches. A company director under investigation has been remanded from today until January 30.
Four other individuals were also remanded earlier in the week, including a senior officer from the Environment Department. Their remand period lasted from January 20 until today.
The source stated the remands are part of an investigation into e-waste factories and the illegal disposal of scheduled waste. MACC chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki confirmed investigations are ongoing under Section 16 of the MACC Act 2009.