Former Lembaga Tabung Haji chairman Datuk Seri Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim has been remanded for two days to assist police investigations into an alleged fraud case involving hibah.
His lawyer Datuk Abu Bakar Isa Ramat confirmed the remand period after proceedings at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex today.
“Remanded for two days,” he said.
Abdul Azeez, 60, was arrested by the Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) at Bukit Aman yesterday afternoon before being taken to the Dang Wangi Police Station. He was brought to court this morning wearing a purple police lock-up shirt and handcuffed.
Police are investigating the case under Section 420 of the Penal Code. Two former Tabung Haji officers are also understood to have been remanded to assist the investigation.
Abdul Azeez was taken to the Magistrate’s Court through an internal passage for the remand proceedings as members of the media waited outside the court complex.
He is also expected to face charges at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex’s Criminal Sessions Court 9, after the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) previously confirmed that it had obtained approval to charge a former chairman of a federal statutory body.
Abdul Azeez’s son Mohamed Khairul Azman Abdul Azeez and Datuk Armand Azha Abu Hanifah were also seen at the court complex with several supporters. Mohamed Khairul Azman confirmed his father’s arrest in a social media post last night.
The latest investigation follows a seven-day remand by MACC beginning Aug 27 involving Abdul Azeez and former Treasury secretary-general Tan Sri Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah.
That probe was linked to findings from the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the management and operations of Tabung Haji.
