With Swiss MPs pushing for their government to freeze
Chief Minister Taib Mahmud's assets, eyes are now on MACC's as yet
undisclosed investigations.
KUCHING:
Sarawak DAP today demanded to know the progress of the Malaysian
Anti-Corruption Commission’s investigations into Chief Minister Taib
Mahmud’s properties allegedly worth billions of ringgit.State party secretary Chong Chieng Jen said it has been two years since MACC opened a file on Taib.
“But until today, I have not seen any progress of the investigation. MACC should speed up its investigation.
“In the meantime, MACC should have frozen Taib’s accounts and access to properties,” said Chong, who is the Kota Sentosa assemblyman and the MP for Bandar Kuching.
Asked to comment on Swiss MPs tabling a motion to freeze Taib’s assets, Chong said that he would defer his views until the Swiss parliament decides on the issue.
“I would not comment now, because I want to know whether the Swiss government has agreed with the motion,” he said.
According to a statement from Bruno Manser Fund, 22 MPs had on Monday tabled a motion at the Swiss Parliament seeking to freeze Taib’s assets in Switzerland following shocking disclosure of his son’s wealth by his estranged daughter-in-law Shanaz Majid in a Malaysian court during her divorce proceedings.
In the motion, the MPs described Taib as ‘having abused his public office in a spectacular way’ and referred to Shanaz’s sworn testimony as evidence of how he “illicitly” enriched himself and his family.
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