Posted 12/30/2023, 12:38:19 PM
Malaysia Probes Former Finance Minister Daim Over £25M Offshore Assets in Pandora Papers
- Malaysia's anti-corruption agency is investigating former finance minister Daim Zainuddin for abuse of power and money laundering.
- The probe relates to offshore assets worth at least £25 million linked to Daim and his associates in the Pandora Papers leaks.
- The agency seized a 60-storey building owned by Daim in Kuala Lumpur as part of the investigation.
- Daim denies wrongdoing and calls it a "political witch-hunt" by the agency and current PM Anwar Ibrahim.
- Anwar has pledged to tackle high-level corruption since taking power last year.