Video of MACC raid shown at corruption trial of ex-spy agency chief

Video of MACC raid shown at corruption trial of ex-spy agency chief

Several MACC officers were seen carting away several boxes from a condominium unit in Cyberjaya.

Hasanah Abdul Hamid is charged with committing criminal breach of trust amounting to US$12.1 million belonging to the Malaysian government.
KUALA LUMPUR:
Several officers of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission were seen carting away several boxes from a condominium in Cyberjaya during investigations into a US$12.1 million (RM50.4 million) criminal breach of trust case against a former spy agency chief.

Video recordings from 69 closed-circuit television recordings were screened at the High Court here today during the trial of Hasanah Ab Hamid, the former director-general of the Malaysian External Intelligence Organisation.

Deputy public prosecutor Ahmad Farid Ahmad Kamal presented the CCTV recording during his questioning of the eighth prosecution witness, investigating officer Badri Azni, 37, from the Technological Forensic Division of MACC headquarters.

The recording shows several MACC officers taking away several boxes on trolleys via one of the lifts of the condominium on Aug 30, 2018.

However, the court was not told of the contents of the boxes.

Badri said the 60-minute recording was made between May 9, 2018 and Aug 31, 2018 and was obtained by MACC from the security unit of the condominium as part of the investigation.

On Oct 25, 2018, Hasanah, 64, pleaded not guilty to a charge that as director-general of the Prime Minister’s Research Department, she committed criminal breach of trust amounting to US$12.1 million belonging to the Malaysian government.

She is alleged to have committed the offence at the director-general’s office in Putrajaya between April 30 and May 9, 2018.

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