The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) disclosed that several countries are unable to cooperate in locating two Malaysian individuals due to the potential charges involving the whipping sentence under Malaysian law.
Chief Commissioner Azam Baki said that even with Interpol’s assistance, the effort to extradite businessman Muhammad Adlan Berhan and lawyer Mansoor Saat is proving difficult.
Speaking to reporters after the 21st Meeting of Principals ASEAN Parties Against Corruption (ASEAN-PAC) at the Sunway Resort Hotel today, Azam stated:
“There is cooperation with Interpol and so on, but there are countries that cannot provide assistance through Interpol.”
“This is because, in one of the countries—I don’t want to mention which one—the law is such that the charges we want to bring against them involve the whipping sentence.”
“When the country concerned does not have the whipping sentence, they cannot provide assistance in terms of extraditing offenders to our country,” he explained.
Media reported yesterday that Azam said SPRM’s investigation into Adlan, who is the son-in-law of former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, has been completed and is now awaiting the court charging process.
Azam was reported to have said that SPRM had finished recording statements from all witnesses to assist the investigation into the corruption and misappropriation of a foreign workers’ registration, recruitment, and biometric storage project for a ministry.
Location of Fugitives Undisclosed
Meanwhile, Azam refused to disclose the whereabouts of the two SPRM fugitives, merely describing them as being free abroad as wanted persons.
“I cannot give a certainty of his (Mansoor’s) whereabouts. The same goes for Adlan, he is still abroad, as I mentioned yesterday.”
He added: “Therefore, the locating of both, including Mansoor, is still being done with assistance from foreign parties, based on our network, especially involving the Home Ministry (KDN).”
