MACC chief commissioner Azam Baki said efforts were ongoing to track down Adlan, who is being sought by the anti-graft agency to assist in a probe into a ministry’s foreign worker biometric data project.

“We filed the application yesterday and hope that the home ministry will approve the application,” he said, according to Berita Harian.

He said Adlan is currently said to be in a West Asian country with which Malaysia has no extradition agreement.

“Nonetheless, we are trying to negotiate with the said country on how we can bring (Adlan) back here.”

Adlan and his lawyer, Mansoor Saat, are being sought by MACC to assist in an investigation into a project involving the registration, recruitment and storage of foreign worker biometric data at a ministry.

Although MACC previously indicated that Adlan and Mansoor had left the country in May 2024, both men subsequently denied being on the run from the law.