MACC probing online media company over smuggling link

The MACC is investigating an online media company to determine its involvement in a smuggling operation.

This follows the arrest of two journalists from the company in Op Sohor.

MACC chief commissioner Azam Baki confirmed that the owner of the company would be summoned soon to provide a statement.

“We have reason to believe the media company is being used as a front to enable and facilitate money laundering activities,” he told Bernama today.

He also revealed that eight other individuals were arrested, including former senior military officers from the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF).

“They are former MAF personnel, and initial investigations suggest they may have provided information to the smugglers," Azam said.

On Wednesday (Aug 13), the media reported that MACC had remanded 10 individuals, including five senior MAF officers and two journalists from a news portal, suspected of involvement in a smuggling syndicate in the southern part of the country.

Also remanded were a company manager, an administrative assistant from the Malaysian Medical Association (MMA), and a foreign woman.

The suspects, aged between 30 and 55, were arrested in the Klang Valley during Op Sohor, conducted by MACC’s Intelligence Division in collaboration with the police.

- Bernama

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