The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) said they have begun investigating Malacca Chief Minister Mohd Ali Rustam for alleged corruption involved in the massive wedding banquet for his son.

NONE "We are investigating... how much money was spent and who paid for it. We are going item by item,” said MACC deputy chief commissioner (operations) Mohd Shukri Abdull ( right ) when met today in Kuala Lumpur.

However, he could not provide further details, saying that the investigations have just begun.

PKR Youth chief Shamsul Iskandar Md Akin lodged a report with MACC yesterday, following Mohd Ali's admission that RM600,000 was spent to fete 130,000 guests at the wedding on Sept 30.

PAS' Pokok Sena MP Mahfuz Omar had on Wednesday revealed in Parliament that minutes of a meeting chaired by Malacca State Development Corporation (PKNM) chief executive officer Yusof Jantan showed that state agencies had “sponsored” several aspects of the wedding.

'Copgate an old matter'

musa hassan police igp pc 250607 mum Meanwhile, when asked about the allegations of corruption and underworld links against former inspector-general of police (IGP) Musa Hassan ( left ), Shukri  briefly said that is “benda lama (an old matter)”.

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz, in a written reply in parliament last week, had said that neither the police or the MACC are probing the matter.

He said that is because no reports   had been lodged with either agency on the matter, but this was disputed by former Commercial Crimes Investigations Department (CCID) chief Ramli Yusuff.

“I lodged a few reports, but (they were) conveniently ‘NFA’ed (marked ‘no further action’) by the (Attorney-General) AG’s Chambers,” Ramli told Malaysiakini .

azlan Asked about the fates of three MACC officers named by the Royal Commission of Inquiry on the death of DAP political aide Teoh Beng Hock, who were suspended pending an internal probe, Mohd Shukri said that it is out of his jurisdiction.

“You have to check with (deputy chief commissioner in charge of management and professionalism) Zakaria Jaafar,” he said.

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