According to MACC chief commissioner Azam Baki, they include a company secretary and management staff who approved the officers’ claims, totalling hundreds of thousands of ringgit.

“They have to prove if there were minutes of the meeting that approved these claims.

“If yes, that means there is no case.

“If there are no such documents, we have to look at other papers because this case does not involve money laundering but only payment of claims.

“We will call the witnesses tomorrow,” he told FMT today.

Azam said, usually, the first individual to be called as a witness in such cases was the secretary who managed the meetings.

The next party to be called would be the management staff because they handled the payment and appointments, among other things.

“Those in the payment department will have to be summoned, too. They must show proof of payment, what it was for, who approved it, and when it was approved.”

Yesterday, anti-graft officers raided the Mara headquarters and Mara Corporation Sdn Bhd in the city centre to obtain certain documents related to the investigation.

They also visited Mara’s secretarial company, Prudenz Corporate House Sdn Bhd, at around 10.30am the same day.

The controversy erupted after Twitter account Edisi Khas shared an internal letter regarding the alleged abuse of power and integrity issues involving the five officers.

The officers denied the allegations in the letter and filed a police report over the weekend.

Subsequently, Mara chairman Azizah Mohd Dun said the management was ready to extend its cooperation to the authorities to investigate the allegations.

She said Mara was committed to upholding the organisation’s integrity and would not compromise on any alleged abuse of power.