By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani - The Malaysia Insider
A perturbed Yaakob Sapari(right) is seen consulting with his distressed Executive Secretary Hussein Ahmad. - Picture by Jack Ooi
The five-member MACC team led by Superintendent Prem Raj Victor confiscated documents related to sand mining and the sale of sand by the state government.
Yaakob is the state Agriculture, Natural Resources and Entrepreneurial Development committee chairman.
The officers wanted to summon Yaakob’s executive secretary, Hussein Ahmad, to their headquarters for further questioning.
However, the state government will only allow him to be questioned during office hours as the High Court ruling that interrogations can only take place during office hours is still valid.
Officers confiscated documents related to sand mining only and not the sale of sand by the state government.
Yaakob later told reporters that the MACC officers are acting based on a report lodged against Hussein.
The report claimed that Hussein had illegaly approved a sand mining project and that the sand mining bosses had sponsored his trips to China.
“I have told them that my office does not have the power to approve any sand mining proposals and only the Semesta group can process the applications which will be presented to the Exco.
“His trip to Hangzhou, China was paid by the State government and approved by the exco.
“His trip to Beijing was also paid by a club under the state secretariat,” he said.
He added that MACC has no case against Hussein because they have documents proving he is innocent.
“This is straight forward. They are purposely doing this to bring shame to my office,” he said.
Yaakob also confirmed that three documents have been taken by the MACC — profile of the sand mining company and documents related to the China trips.
The MACC officers came with a warrant at 3.30pm and arrested Hussein.
Hussein was brought to MACC Putrajaya headquarters followed by state government lawyer Salim Bashir and Yaakob in seperate vehicles.
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