FORMER Tabung Haji (TH) Chairman Datuk Seri Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim and former Treasury Secretary-General Tan Sri Dr Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah were detained by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) today and are expected to be remanded tomorrow.
Sources said Azeez was called by the MACC to assist in the investigation this afternoon, before being arrested at around 4 pm.
Both are expected to be brought before the Putrajaya Magistrates’ Court tomorrow for remand proceedings.
MACC, in a brief statement today, confirmed the arrests but did not state the offences being investigated.
The arrests come five days after a former TH chief executive officer was remanded for seven days to assist in MACC’s probe into matters arising from the RCI report.
The former CEO was brought before the Putrajaya Magistrates’ Court, where Magistrate Ezrene Zakariah granted MACC’s remand application.
The RCI report, spanning 211 pages, was made public on July 29 after examining TH’s management and operations between 2014 and 2020.
Following its release, MACC formed a special investigation team to examine the findings, including TH’s investments, contracts, agreements, meeting minutes and documents relating to investment decisions.
The agency had previously said it opened 14 investigation papers, searched 28 premises and recorded statements from 115 witnesses.
Seven people, including four former senior TH management officials, had also been detained to assist with the probe.
The investigation covers possible offences including corruption, misappropriation, forgery of documents, abuse of power and money laundering.
The RCI was established amid concerns over an estimated RM11 billion gap between TH’s assets and liabilities, as well as questions over compliance with laws governing the institution. – August 26, 2026
