Abdul Azeez To Be Charged with 37 more charges ?
Abdul Azeez To Be Charged with 37 more charges ? Former Tabung Haji chairman Datuk Seri Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim was charged with 12 counts of graft amounting to RM5.2mil and money laundering totaling RM139.4mil over the procurement of government contracts in January of this year – 5 months later and 51 charges less than what he was supposed to. The Malaysian public was already perplexed that Abdul Azeez, known as the money bag man of Najib Razak, the former Malaysian Prime Minister had been charged very late in the day and few charges. Investigations into Azeez had largely been completed by October last year and about 62 offences were identified against him. He was supposed to be charged in early November but got away with the help of a very powerfully connected Mr X. In fact, it is known in the circles that it was because of this Mr X that Azeez escaped being charged with a greater number of charges. However, due to Azeez’s over confidence and his ...