Hasbie Satar, the political secretary to Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Nor Mohamed Yakcop, has resigned from his post effective yesterday, according to a statement from the

office of the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department today.

The one-paragraph statement did not state the reason for the resignation.

umno member investigated by macc sprm Hasbie is believed to be the RM2 million man being investigated by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).

On Thursday, MACC has detained a political secretary to a senior minister after a raid which found bundles of RM5, RM10, RM50 and RM100 at an apartment in Teluk Air Tawar, Butterworth.

The 30-something political secretary had been under MACC investigation for amassing millions of ringgit in properties including at least four luxury cars and four houses in the Klang Valley.

Two months ago, MACC officials had obtained an order to seize several of the aide's properties and that his bank accounts be frozen.

Hasbie, a Sarawakian, was appointed political secretary in 2008 while Nor Mohamed was finance minister II.

Minister in charge of EPU

Nor Mohamed, who hailed from Penang and MP for Tasek Gelugor, was finance minister II from 2004 to 2009.

Teluk Air Tawar, where the Thursday raid was conducted, is one of the three state constitutencies under the Tasek Gelugor parliamentary seat in the Seberang Jaya of Penang. 

Before joining politics, Nor Mohamed was in Bank Negara for 32 years where he was linked to a currency speculation scandal involving the central bank in the early 1990s.

He was later appointed as special economic adviser by then premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

As minister in the PM's Dept, Nor Mohamed is in charge of the powerful Economic Planning Unit.