PERIKATAN NASIONAL (PN)-friendly activist Badrul Hisham Shaharin a.k.a. Che’gu Bard has accused the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) of purportedly dropping what he described as the “plundering (bedal) NGO funds” case as it involves the Prime Minister’s senior political secretary (PolSec) Datuk Seri Shamsul Iskandar Md Akin.
Stating that he has personally pursued the case for two months with a police report lodged on Jan 26, the Bersatu information committee member claimed that available evidence shows that the syndicate has links to former Hang Tuah Jaya MP Shamsul Iskandar.
“They will look for an NGO which agrees to be a mull account holder to willingly make false paperwork for funding programme applications,” he told a media briefing after handing over a memorandum to the MACC at its Putrajaya headquarters to seek explanation regarding the status of the “plundering (bedal) NGO funds” case.
Ironically, the case involved fellow pro-PN blogger Syarul Ema Rena Abu Samah a.k.a. Ratu Naga whom Badrul Hisham claimed acted as a middle-person for the syndicate by being tasked to hand over the fake NGO paperwork to Shamsul Iskandar.
“Among the purposes of the application are to purchase sacrificial cows and helping orphans. Once the PM’s PolSec had granted approval, the funds were directly deposited into the NGO’s account (mull account).
“Based on available evidence, the NGO is required to immediately return 50% of the money obtained to Syarul Ema to be handed over to Shamsul Iskandar.
“Syarul Ema will take a 5% cut from the deal with the remaining 45% to be shared between the NGO concerned and Syarul Ema’s subordinates who recruit the NGO as a mull account holder.”
On this note, Syarul Ema had questioned the MACC’s motive of linking her with Shamsul Iskandar, hence dragging her into the matter by subjecting her to an interrogation at the MACC headquarters on Friday (Feb 16) after having raided her house in Old Klang Road, Kuala Lumpur earlier that day.
For the record, the graft buster’s chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki had clarified that Ratu Naga was merely summoned to record her statement to aid an investigation under Section 16 of the MACC Act 2009 which her lawyer Nabila Khairuddin refuted given that her client was denied access to her counsel and her husband,
Delving further on the case, Badrul Hisham noted that it would not be difficult should the MACC is eager to get to the bottom of the case,
“Truth will prevail by contacting the location where the programme was said to have been held such as the hall, mosque or hotel,” he suggested.
“Secondly, do check the fake fund usage reports, verify receipts and the like for sure something interesting will pop up. Similarly, the money trail can be traced by checking transactions with more than half of the NGOs’ money exiting their accounts or the personal accounts of the NGO operators.” – Feb 20, 2024
