PUTRAJAYA (March 4): The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has recommended charging the Environment Department’s director-general, deputy director-general and another officer over alleged mismanagement of electrical and electronic waste (e-waste).
Speaking at a news conference on Wednesday, MACC Chief Commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki said the agency has submitted the investigation papers to the Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP), which is now under review.
“We leave it to the DPP, and we expect a decision by next week,” he said.
In January, MACC detained the director-general and deputy director-general as part of investigations into alleged abuse of power and corruption linked to e-waste management, believed to have occurred over several years.
Azam also said that investigations involving senior officers at the Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia (JUPEM) are in the final stage.
“I have given my officers a two-week deadline to complete and submit the findings. There is no reason to delay this investigation,” he noted.
Earlier, MACC detained two senior officers from a government agency over alleged misappropriation of approximately RM900,000.
Apart from the alleged misappropriation, the suspects are also believed to have submitted false claims and documents containing false particulars amounting to about RM60,000 for an umrah pilgrimage while attending official duties in Jeddah from January 29 to February 4 last year.