Nine more to be charged in MEX II case, says MACC chief

Thursday 08 Oct 2026

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PUTRAJAYA (Sept 9): The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) said nine more individuals are slated to be charged in connection with its criminal breach of trust and money laundering probe into the Maju Expressway extension (MEX II) project.

MACC chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki said the individuals were involved in transactions with Tan Sri Abu Sahid Mohamed, the owner and director of Maju Holdings Sdn Bhd that holds the Maju Expressway concession. Abu Sahid was charged on Monday with four counts of criminal breach of trust involving RM313 million and 13 counts of money laundering involving RM139 million, all related to the unfinished Maju Expressway extension from Putrajaya to the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), the MEX II project. He pleaded not guilty to the charges.

“We expect them to be charged by the end of this month,” Azam said during a press conference on Tuesday.

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In a statement on Monday, MACC deputy public prosecutor Datuk Ahmad Akram Gharib said it will file another seven charges against Abu Sahid for alleged dishonest misappropriation of another RM145 million.

Meanwhile, former MEX II Sdn Bhd director Datuk Yap Wee Leong, who was charged with 17 counts of forgery on Monday, is also set to face 18 fresh charges, according to the MACC, nine under Section 18 of the MACC Act and another nine under Section 4(1)(b) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001.

The MEX II highway alignment.

Yap was charged with 17 counts of using false documents for progress work claims under the MEX II project, to which he pleaded not guilty.

Abu Sahid’s wife, Puan Sri Noor Azrina Azmi, was charged with one count of money laundering over RM67 million on Monday. Noor Azrina also pleaded not guilty to the charge.

Edited ByPresenna Nambiar

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