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MACC raids HRD Corp: Officers spend 6 hours collecting evidence [WATCH]

KUALA LUMPUR: Officers from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) spent nearly six hours at the Human Resources Development Corporation (HRD Corp) today. 

Arriving in four vehicles at around 11.30am, they entered the building on Jalan Beringin and were seen leaving around 5.45pm with three cardboard boxes on a trolley.

The boxes were loaded into the vehicles before the officers departed. 

The visit was conducted to collect documents related to issues highlighted in the latest Auditor General's (AG) Report.

MACC deputy chief commissioner (operations) Datuk Seri Ahmad Khusairi Yahaya said on Saturday that a special task force was investigating the AG's findings, which included concerns about investments, fund management and training, and property purchases.

HRD Corp, an agency under the Human Resources Ministry, came under scrutiny in the AG's report last week. 

The report highlighted a training programme that cost HRD Corp RM51.69 million and involved 3,726 participants, some of whom attended up to 16 times.

Additionally, a separate inquiry by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) found that HRD Corp used RM3.77 billion in levies collected from employers for training development programmes to make several investments.

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