PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has not dismissed the possibility that more people would be charged over their involvement in the Jana Wibawa programme scandal.
MACC chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki said several more investigation papers have been opened apart from the three main papers.
"We will continue with our investigation, as I said before.
"We have opened a few investigation papers, those completed have been referred to the Attorney General.
"There are still papers that remain under investigation, so I do not rule out the possibility of anyone, including leaders, if they are involved in bribery, being recommended for prosecution," he said in a press conference at the commission's headquarters today.
Meanwhile, asked whether Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin would be among those set to be charged, Azam said the investigation related to Muhyiddin is still ongoing.
He said the matter would be decided by the attorney general.
"That (if Muhyiddin will be prosecuted) I cannot comment because the investigation is still ongoing. But I leave it to the attorney general when the investigation has been completed," he said.
The Jana Wibawa scheme was introduced by the government under Muhyiddin's administration to speed up project implementation and to boost the country's economy during and after the Covid-19 pandemic.
The scheme was also intended to increase the capacity of Bumiputera/ Malay contractors in the construction industry to be more competitive, resilient and potential.
Bersatu information chief Datuk Wan Saiful Wan Jan was earlier this week charged for attempting to solicit almost RM7 million in bribes in relation to the project.
Muhyiddin, who had been summoned by the commission to have his statement recorded over the investigation, had previously maintained that he was not a suspect.
The commission however, had subsequently refuted his statement and maintained that he was also a suspect.