“We have identified these individuals. Some are in the country while others are abroad,” Khalid said at a press conference.

He did not rule out seeking Interpol’s help to locate those linked to the probe.

“But when it involves a foreign country, there needs to be government-to-government cooperation as well as among agencies,” he added.

Khalid previously said that businessman Victor Chin, who is at the centre of the controversy, was abroad.

Late last month, home minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said authorities knew of Chin’s whereabouts, but declined to elaborate.

The MACC corporate manoeuvre allegations first surfaced in a Bloomberg report in late February, prompting calls for a royal commission of inquiry.

The report alleged that a network of businessmen and MACC officers used raids and investigations to pressure executives into selling shares in targeted companies, forcing takeovers.

The Cabinet ordered the police, Securities Commission Malaysia, MACC and Inland Revenue Board to conduct a thorough probe into the claims without limiting the scope to people currently under scrutiny.

Khalid said that to date, no one from MACC had been summoned for questioning.

“But we will continue our probe as we have been instructed. There are a few whom we will summon,” he said.