'Case closed': Farhash cleared of Sabah mining scandal links

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s former aide Farhash Wafa Salvador Rizal Mubarak has been cleared of alleged links to the Sabah mining scandal, after investigations revealed that no exploration licence was issued to a company owned by the businessperson.

MACC chief Azam Baki told a press conference today that the investigation papers were submitted to the Attorney-General’s Chambers, which found that no charges can be brought against any party.

“We have called all the parties involved... Ultimately, the deputy public prosecutor decided that no criminal charges could be brought against any party, whether under the MACC Act, the Penal Code, or any other law.

“There is also no governance issue.

“This case has already been closed,” he told reporters in Putrajaya.

Azam clarified that a company linked to Farhash had, in March 2023, applied for a mineral exploration licence to Sabah Mineral Management Sdn Bhd (SMM), but had failed to submit the requested documents.

“Therefore, in reality, no exploration was ever carried out because the documents were not supplied," he added.

The application was terminated in March this year as a result.

MalaysiaNow report

On July 21, online portal MalaysiaNow published documents allegedly proving that Farhash had received authorisation to prospect for minerals across a massive forest reserve in Sabah.

Farhash had dismissed the report as fake, slapping MalaysiaNow with a legal letter and lodging a police report against the portal.

Since then, SMM and its chief executive officer, Natasha Sim, have turned to court in seeking gag orders against MalaysiaNow and its editor, Abdar Rahman Koya, over the articles published on the Sabah mining scandal.

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