NGO says Cabinet member involved in hiring scam

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PETALING JAYA: An unnamed Cabinet member has been alleged to be involved in false claims and the misappropriation of funds from the PenjanaKerjaya hiring incentive programme.

A report was lodged with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) yesterday by Persatuan Harapan India Malaysia.The group urged MACC to investigate everyone involved, including a Cabinet member.

“We are very sure that some leaders from a political party have played a big role in this corruption. It is up to the MACC to summon them for an investigation,” the group’s chairman M Mani Maran told reporters outside the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya.

Mani Maran said that those linked to the company had been investigated but others, including a few political leaders, allegedly the “masterminds” behind the embezzlement, remain untouched.

Mani Maran did not name the politicians involved.

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