The MACC today failed in its bid to forfeit RM544,627 and other assets that were seized from former Rural and Regional Development Ministry secretary-general Mohd Arif Ab Rahman in 2017.

This followed High Court judge Muhammad Jamil Hussin’s decision in allowing Mohd Arif’s appeal against a Sessions Court decision in allowing the forfeiture of the money and assets by MACC.

The assets comprised money in foreign currencies, besides...