PUTRAJAYA: The political secretary of Human Resources Minister was remanded for six days to assist the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC) investigations into misappropriation of government funds. He was being investigated under Section 17 (a) of the MACC Act 2009 for giving or accepting gratification by agent. It was reported that the probe involves misappropriation of allocation channeled into the Skills Development Fund Corporation (PTPK). The four were a 58-year-old Datuk, who is PTPK chief executive; PTPK secretary, 34; PTPK assistant finance officer, 32; and a company director, 38. The PTPK was established in June 2006 under the Skills Development Fund Act 2004 (Act 640) to manage the Skills Development Fund, which was previously run by the Skills Development Fund Division under the Human Resources Ministry.

Source: New Strait Times September 28, 2017 08:26 UTC