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This article first appeared in The Edge Financial Daily on July 4, 2018

PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has called on holders of 408 bank accounts that were frozen for allegedly having received funds linked to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), to voluntarily surrender the funds.

MACC chief commissioner Datuk Seri Mohd Shukri Abdull said these people are required to come forward before legal action is taken against them. “If they know their bank account has been blocked, come to us (MACC) ... we will show them the evidence and documentations of them receiving such funds. We want the account holders to willingly give back the money. If not, we will take legal action to recover it,” he told reporters after a book launch yesterday.

He said there is the possibility that more accounts will be traced and frozen, including overseas ones.

The 1MDB Special Task Force announced on Monday it had frozen the 408 bank accounts of individuals, political parties and non-governmental organisations involving funds of about RM1.1 billion. The accounts involved 81 individuals and 55 companies.

 

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