She said among others, they could be charged in court under the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 (AMLA).
However, at a press conference today, Latheefa declined to reveal more details, including who were the people who had not paid their compounds or when further action would be taken.
Last year, MACC issued compounds under the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 (AMLA) against 80 individuals and companies said to have received funds from 1MDB.
These included several high profile names including Umno’s Shahrir Abdul Samad and banker Nazir Razak, who is the brother of former prime minister Najib Razak.
The others included a number of political entities, 23 companies and five organisations.
They were required to return the money they received within two weeks or to challenge the compound notices in court.
“We give them a chance to pay the compounds, if they don’t, after that we will have to take action.
“When we take action, we will reveal more details,” Latheefa said.
At the same time, Latheefa said MACC had been served with notices challenging their right to issue compounds.
According to a report by The Edge, Shahrir and former deputy finance minister Ahmad Maslan were challenging the compound notices.
Latheefa said the government, through the Attorney-General’s Chambers, would fight those challenges.
On a separate issue, Latheefa said she was reopening all cold cases though she could not reveal any details as it could jeopardise investigations.
It was previously reported that Latheefa was reopening 10 cold cases though she said today that there were more than 10.
On whether these cases involved members of the new administration, Latheefa said the cold cases referred to all cases closed in a suspicious manner.
Earlier, at Istana Budaya, Latheefa announced the staging of a play titled “Semarak Pertiwiku” which tells of a corruption scandal in a mega project and touches on the issue of integrity.
The play is produced by Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) Applied and Creative Arts Faculty and was first performed in Kuching, Sarawak last July.