KUALA LUMPUR: Another senior Armed Forces officer has been detained by graft busters, just two days after former Army chief Jen Tan Sri Muhammad Hafizuddeain Jantan was freed from remand. The senior military officer was detained at about 11am yesterday, also over the ongoing investigations involving the military, said Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki. It was previously reported that MACC recorded the statements of a senior military officer on Jan 11 and 12. Earlier, the Armed Forces Council had postponed its decision to appoint Muhammad Hafizuddeain as the Armed Forces chief. On Tuesday, a police officer was remanded on suspicion of accepting RM27,000 in bribes related to the same case.

Source: The Star January 15, 2026 11:55 UTC