Daim Zainuddin’s wife says Malaysia is targeting former finance minister in corruption probe because of his ‘success’

Questioned by anti-corruption investigators on Wednesday, Naima Khalid said her husband, a two-time finance minister, was already widely known in the media as a tycoon and billionaire before he entered public office 40 years ago. .

“His success is now an excuse to tarnish his reputation and paint him as corrupt.

“There are disinformation and misconceptions that are being spread that just because he is rich, he is corrupt,” he told reporters before entering the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) headquarters. Ta.

Naima with a gentle expression wearing pink batik Baju Kurung (traditional costume worn by women) They arrived around 10:15 a.m. with their two sons, who had also been called by corruption investigators.

She read a statement and briefly addressed the media before entering the building.

Former Malaysian minister Daim accuses Prime Minister Anwar of ‘political witch hunt’ over investigation

Naima said the family had been cooperating with MACC as required by law, although “the motives for the investigation are questionable.”

She said she received a call on Monday night asking her to be present for questioning the next day.

“However, given the short notice, I asked if it could be held on another day,” she said.

Lawyers Rajesh Nagarajan and Sakpreetraj Sohanpal, who had arrived earlier, also accompanied the trio.

Mr Rajesh then said he was disappointed that his client was not informed by MACC of the crime being investigated.

“How can you investigate someone and ask for details if you haven’t even told them what the crime is? [they allegedly committed].

“The whole process is a huge fishing expedition. They [MACC] He is trying to gather information to press charges against Dime. That’s what they’re trying to do,” he claimed.

MACC said the investigation conducted against Dime was based on the law and information from the leaked Pandora documents.

It explained that as part of the investigation, a notice under Section 36(1)(a) of the MACC Act 2009 was issued on June 7 last year and sent to Daim.

Following the seizure of Menara Ilham, Daim slammed the MACC investigation, calling it nothing more than a political witch hunt fueled by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s “hostility.”