The anti-graft agency last week arrested five suspects from the NGO, including its chairman and three of its committee members, for conspiring to misappropriate funds belonging to the organisation.

Bernama reported that the five individuals were believed to have transferred the NGO’s funds into personal accounts to issue loans to staff, and embezzled surplus funds from a humanitarian mission for a well construction project in Syria.

MACC chief commissioner Azam Baki said the anti-graft agency had seized assets worth over RM8 million in its probe, adding that the case is being investigated under Section 409 of the Penal Code for criminal breach of trust.

“Among the items seized was jewellery estimated at RM100,000, over RM1 million in cash, cryptocurrency accounts valued at around RM650,000, and four residential units worth over RM1.4 million,” he said.

The offences were allegedly committed between 2015 and 2025.

It was later reported that MACC had seized RM900,000 in cash, jewellery, nine plots of land in Melaka, Penang, and Selangor, and four residential units in Melaka.

Fourteen bank accounts – eight belonging to individuals and six to companies – with a total balance of about RM5 million were also frozen.