“Why is this happening?” asked Papar MP Ahmad Hassan in a statement today. “Why has no one been prosecuted yet despite MACC submitting the investigation papers and evidence to the AGC in April?

“This cannot be allowed to happen because it involves the interests of Bumiputeras and public funds.

“And the strangest thing is that until today, the officials involved have not been suspended.”

Ahmad, who is also a member of Warisan’s supreme council, said the government should be transparent in addressing issues of integrity and abuse of power, especially when it involved a government agency such as Mara, which came under the rural development ministry.

Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an event in Putrajaya yesterday, MACC chief commissioner Azam Baki denied a news report that the AGC would drop charges against the Mara officials because of insufficient evidence.

He said there was “sufficient evidence” to charge the officials with corruption, adding that MACC had submitted its investigation papers to the AGC and proposed that several parties be charged.

In February, it was reported that MACC was investigating allegations of abuse of power and mismanagement involving allowances for several executives of Mara investment arm Mara Corp.

MACC had also raided several Mara offices to collect documents related to the case.