About six officers were spotted at the institution’s grounds at 10am.
Later around 10.50am, five uniformed MACC officers turned up at the MBI office at the Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah building here.
A source with knowledge on the raid told FMT that MBI CEO, Raja Shahreen Raja Othman is currently on a pilgrimage in Mecca and MACC officers had to obtain details from MBI’s other personnel.
Unisel is, according to its website, Malaysia’s first state-owned university, while
MBI is an investment holding company wholly-owned by the Selangor state government.
Apart from Unisel and MBI, the anti-graft agency also raided other premises in connection with the case.
This includes Unisel Bestari Jaya and the office of Unisel’s former contractor Jana Niaga Sdn Bhd.
The raid comes almost a month after MBI threatened legal action against anyone accusing it of corruption related to an alleged payment made to Jana Niaga.
MBI had previously said the allegation that it made the payment even though Jana Niaga breached agreement terms and failed in its claims at the High Court and Court of Appeal was untrue.
It also denied paying RM60 million to Jana Niaga.
Prime Minister Najib Razak’s special officer, Rizal Mansor, had previously been reported as calling for MBI to state when the arbitration to settle a payment dispute had taken place and for MBI to name the arbitrator involved.
According to Rizal, who quoted from a report in the Selangor-Leaks portal, Unisel did not agree to the terms proposed by MBI and the advance payment of RM10 million to the contractor, Jana Niaga Sdn Bhd.
“Although the payment came from MBI, it is viewed as a debt owed by Unisel to MBI. The payment was also made before the process was finalised.
“Why did MBI pay Jana Niaga before the dispute had been settled?” he said in a statement.