MACC raids Tourism Minister's office

NST Reports:

PUTRAJAYA: MACC officers seized files and documents from the Tourism Ministry today as part of its investigation into alleged money politics by a minister's aide and alleged misuse of funds in a subsidiary company.

Several officers “visited” her office at the Tourism Ministry at Putra World Trade Centre and inspected several files and documents before taking them away. The officers were there for about three hours.

Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said, who is an Umno supreme council member, was not in her office at that time.

The minister’s office has issued a press statement confirming that several of its personnel had been questioned by the MACC to assist it in its investigation in the wake of recent reports linking Azalina’s political secretary in the alleged involvement.

“While no offence has occurred, Tourism Ministry and Tourism Malaysia will extend its cooperation to assist MACC in its investigation.
“This includes investigation into one of the subsidiary companies, Pempena, in relation to the probe of misuse of funds.

“We hope MACC’s inquiry will be conducted fairly, without bias or assumptions,” said the statement.