KUALA LUMPUR: A series of large-scale investigations by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has marked 2025 as a significant year in the government’s fight against corruption. The Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court later allowed the forfeiture of the seized funds on Oct 1 after no party came forward to claim them. Under Ops Tiger, carried out until November, the MACC arrested 49 bank officers and former officers for allegedly accepting bribes from law firms in relation to financial documentation management. Meanwhile, Ops Sky saw the MACC charge 16 individuals, including officers and former officers of banking institutions, seize approximately 4,000 documents and freeze 98 bank accounts involving RM17.4mil. During the same period, the MACC received 6,114 pieces of information, opened 966 investigation papers, arrested 1,128 individuals, filed 445 charges and recorded 189 convictions.

Source: The Star December 25, 2025 15:08 UTC