Ismail Sabri leaves MACC HQ after 5 hours

Ismail Sabri leaves MACC HQ after 5 hours

‘Selamat Hari Raya,’ the ex-prime minister wishes reporters from his vehicle.

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Ismail Sabri Yaakob arrived at MACC’s headquarters at 9.54am today and left the anti-graft agency at 3.04pm.
PUTRAJAYA:
Former prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has left the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s (MACC) headquarters after his seventh day of questioning here today.

As he left the compound in his black Toyota Vellfire at 3.04pm, Ismail rolled down his window to wish members of the media, “Selamat Hari Raya”.

A MACC source told FMT that the Bera MP will be summoned again for questioning, but a date has not been fixed yet.

He arrived at MACC’s headquarters at 9.54am, as the anti-graft agency continued questioning him as a suspect in an investigation into four of his former senior officers.

Ismail declared his assets to MACC on Feb 10 and was first questioned by the agency on Feb 19.

He was also called in for questioning on March 13, 14, 17, 19, and 20 for around six hours each day.

Ismail, who collapsed at home on Feb 22 and was hospitalised for blood pressure-related problems, could not attend two previously scheduled sessions with MACC on March 5 and 7.

MACC is investigating the discovery of about RM170 million in cash and 16kg of gold bars worth millions of ringgit, seized in raids at the residences of the four officers and three other premises believed to be “safe houses”.

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