Investigations into alleged bribery involving mineral prospecting licences in Sabah have been completed with files already handed over to the deputy public prosecutor, said Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki in a press conference on Tuesday (Jan 21).
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00:00For the case involving Adun Sabah, I made a statement on 9th December, 2024,
00:12after the World Anti-Corruption Day was held at the Space Auditorium.
00:25When I was asked by the media,
00:29regarding the case involving Adun Sabah and Whistleblower,
00:35we opened two investigations.
00:39The first investigation involved Whistleblower himself
00:44and a former government official from Sabah,
00:49who was related to the Ministry of Minerals.
00:52In addition to us, the police also collaborated
00:57to investigate one of the issues that we investigated.
01:00Both sides, the Malaysian Police from Sabah
01:04and the SPRM exchanged information
01:07and shared information with the PDRM to solve this case.
01:13The case has been solved.
01:16For the case involving these two individuals,
01:19we have submitted the case to the Prosecutor's Office.
01:22I understand that the PDRM also submitted the case to the Prosecutor's Office.
01:30I went back to the Ministry of Justice
01:34to coordinate the decisions,
01:39whether they were accused or not,
01:41from the first case.
01:43The second case, involving 8 individuals,
01:49resulted from a portal that released 8 video captions.
01:55I want to emphasize that so far,
01:57the SPRM has only investigated based on the video
02:03released in the relevant portal.
02:07However, we have not shared or submitted
02:11the actual recordings to us by the relevant parties.
02:19So, in terms of investigation,
02:22we have recorded the conversations of the relevant parties
02:25and also other witnesses,
02:27including the relevant whistleblowers,
02:29to complete the investigation.
02:32The investigation was completed about a week ago
02:37and submitted to the PDRM.
02:41The PDRM has instructed the investigators
02:45to complete some explanations
02:50and instructions to be prepared before the end of January.
02:58I assure you that after the investigation is completed
03:01and after the decision is made,
03:03in late February or mid-February,
03:07I will inform you about the progress of the investigation.
03:12I ask all parties to be patient
03:14and not to speculate.
03:16Let us, as an independent agency,
03:19carry out the investigation
03:21and let the Prosecutor's Office
03:24decide the outcome of the case.