KUALA LUMPUR – The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has extended the remand on four individuals, including a couple of influencers, who were nabbed this week for allegedly embezzling public donations on JomDonate.
Magistrate Siti Zahirah Zaidon granted the remand extension for three more days until Tuesday upon receiving the application from the anti-graft agency at the Putrajaya magistrates’ court today, following the expiration of the previous three-day remand period.
The MACC arrested the quartet on July 10 on suspicion of embezzling funds donated by the public on JomDonate, which is a public donation platform.
The influencer couple are Aisyah Hijanah and her husband, Alif Teega.
They were arrested alongside two more individuals at the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya after giving their statements.
They were then brought to the Putrajaya magistrates’ court on July 11, where they were placed under a four-day remand issued by magistrate Irza Zulaikha Rohanuddin.
The agency said the individuals were believed to have committed the act since 2020, during which time the funds involved reached about RM3 million, and that the investigation was still at an early stage.
MACC investigation division senior director Datuk Seri Hishamuddin Hashim confirmed that the couple were being investigated under Section 23 of the MACC Act 2009. – July 14, 2024