PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s former senior political secretary, Shamsul Iskandar Akin.

MACC chief commissioner Azam Baki said Shamsul was arrested when he presented himself at its headquarters in Putrajaya today for questioning as part of an investigation into allegations that he received bribes from controversial businessman Albert Tei.

In a statement, Azam said MACC’s investigation is centred on Tei’s claim that he bribed Shamsul to recover funds that were allegedly distributed to Sabah assemblymen.

“MACC arrested Shamsul at 12.51pm to assist in our investigation. He arrived at MACC’s headquarters to give his statement at around noon,” he said.

Azam said Tei was arrested at his home at 10.15am today, while a woman named Sofia Rini Buyong, who MACC is also investigating in connection with Tei’s allegations, was arrested at 10.30pm yesterday when she arrived at MACC’s headquarters to assist with the probe.

Tei previously claimed Sofia was Shamsul’s proxy, an allegation which she denies.

The Putrajaya magistrates’ court today granted MACC’s application for a four-day remand order against Sofia.

MACC is expected to submit remand applications for both Shamsul and Tei at the magistrates’ court tomorrow morning.

“MACC will conduct this investigation professionally and fairly in accordance with the law. Any party that disputes the arrest of these three individuals has the right to challenge it in court,” said Azam.

“I have instructed my investigation officers to complete the investigation within this week so that it can be submitted to the Attorney-General’s Chambers for a decision as soon as possible.”

Azam said Tei declined to cooperate with MACC’s investigation as he refused its request to present himself at the commission’s headquarters for questioning before Dec 1.

“As is widely known, Tei is the most crucial person in this investigation,” he said.

He also said MACC has issued a notice to Tei under Section 28A(9) of the Criminal Procedure Code, which empowers the investigating authority to deny the accused the right to contact a lawyer or any other party.

Shamsul, who is the Melaka PKR chief, resigned as Anwar’s senior political secretary on Tuesday after citing attempts to attack him through controversies which he said could have a negative impact on the government’s image.

Shortly after Shamsul’s resignation, Tei was quoted by Malaysiakini as saying he had spent RM629,000 on renovations, furnishings and appliances for properties connected to the PKR man, and also on personal items.

Tei also shared screenshots of WhatsApp conversations where Shamsul allegedly requested foreign currency from the businessman before travelling overseas.

This post has been edited by ZeroSOFInfinity: Nov 28 2025, 05:51 PM

Were their houses raided with SWAT team as well?

ok now kiss three of you.

Who is Sofia? Shamsul’s concubine?

scammer
this tei support her, habok pon tak dapat.

Agak2 la. Pengorbanan Shamsul besar. Dia pon pernah cerita dulu dia berkorban tak menang kerusi Bagan Datuk demi BMX.

kasi chan lah. if not madani won't naik jadi PM.

Baru mau jadi jho shamsul low
Sudah ditangkap

Datang sama gari ke alphard?
Ada abang sado escort?

Plot twist after a week,

Maha firaun is behind all of this

Sked abang sado jemput…

Dunno how many already ditidurkan by them…

So the Cina guy is not happy that he bribe the Malay guy did not result in the ROI that he expected, is it?

RM629,000 is not chump change.

This post has been edited by Hobbez: Nov 28 2025, 06:46 PM

azam not happy cuz someone blocked his fortune by revealing the bideo?

No need cuz the presented themselves at Macc unlike Tei. Who felt he was invincible cuz some man was protecting him.

leak video of Sofia ada?

I dun understand why many say that man is a racist. He helped Tei to get rich didn't he?

Any Sabah politicians arrested? Why different treatment for same accusations?

Ok. 😂

alamak heavy backlash from rakyat.. cepat kita call vip masuk ofis minum kopi tapi umum ditahan kat rakyat!! cepattt!!!!

LOL 😂🤣😂🤣

If Azam name was mentioned, he is one of the suspect too right?
Will MACC lokap Azam for investigation too?

Kan sudah tegut keras

Need some sterling

Memang keras. 👍

He shd recused himself from involvement in this case until he is cleared. Anwar also since his name is mentioned. This is to avoid personal conflict.

apparently Azam said Albert not cooperative with MACC. so the raid. that's what he said in the news few moments ago.

lol kuat wayang for the sake of election
after tomorrow see what will happen?

In what way? He agreed to go to MACC office on Monday, as informed. Besides AB is an interested party in this case. Should he even be involved until he is cleared? And why is Anwar not asked to go KACC to give statements since he was also named in the recordings…. More questions than answers now, no? 😉

My area Damansara is unlikely to vote for PN. The only hope is for PN to win in GE16. If cannot then GE17 as by then ai and his protege will surely have retired... I don’t think Muh will be that power abusive ! 1 thing’s for sure, once ai is gone, rocket will remain as the opposition forever !

How ironic when rocket is shouting about eliminating abuse of power and corruption as the opposition again !

So much discrepancy of treatment under broad day light.

Madani dah belajar dari 1mdb

Jangan sapu bawah karpet

As I said, the voters are king. Catch the imagination and you win their votes, regardless of what you said is realistic or not. Look at walanons and Walauns here. Both have their own opinions about each others. Both all each other stupid etc ….
The late RPK said politics is all about perception. If people perceive u r lesser evil, and they want lesser evil, then u get their votes…. Hahahaha.
So I say this . Choose your own poison. I decide ur vote and even if your team did not win, so be it. Democracy is the choice of the majority. Those stuff about lesser evil, kleptocracy, nepotism, Ubah, green wave are pure BS to win your votes. Simple as that. If you believe them, vote them. If you don’t, vote someone u believe in. But lost of all, stop calling those you do not votes idiots etc. they made their choice just as you. Just because you vote A and u think A is good and smart does not mean he is good or smart. He is selling u a perception. Look at this forum who is PH castle, arguably. Now, look at how the bash Anwar, just as they used to love atuk but now bashed Atuk….
lol

I include these from X. Says a lot, no? Betrayal of his voters? U decide. I know my answers… 😉


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Btw angry and sad for your third pic.

This post has been edited by Schumacher: Nov 28 2025, 11:14 PM

Again. These are facts. Nothing fictional.

Realised that no5 on the list is ‘drowned’ by this week’s events? I wonder if these events are to deviate attention from that JAC appointment cos that JAC can have bearings on 2 potential court cases involving highest political leader in the country. Your guess is as good as mine.

Look at my no 2 attachment and last para…. Enough said!

This post has been edited by fongsk: Nov 28 2025, 11:26 PM

I know, I angry rocket/ai.

No point getting angry. It is what it is. If you feel strongly against this, then work to convince ur families and friends about them. I know I do. A lot of my friends who are PHcais are equally pissed off, with what has been happening the past few years with this gov. Let’s see how they will vote next GE. They change the gov 2x in hope to be better but they are used. Will they allow themselves to be used again on pretext or green wave etc? Hahahah

This post has been edited by fongsk: Nov 28 2025, 11:29 PM

I know how evil they are it’s beyond your imagination. I know of one case where they even fabricated telco documents to frame someone. That person filed a police report, but nothing was done, no raid on the telco, nothing. But now they raided Albert’s home, so hardworking huh !

Hahahaha, how I wish that MACAi fella is here to thumb noses to the RBA/JKOM and say ‘u voted for this or deserve the gomen…’. Don’t take politics too seriously unless u want to be politicians. They will lick ass and swallow shit if it wins them voters.

Don't forget ekyc coming soon under pretext of protecting minor.

imej PH kena sabo, just in time for Sabah erection. Zahid way of fingering BMX's bek.

Anwar need to recused from what? He's not an investigator, prosecutor nor judge for this case.

who is the mastermind ?

Pancutan SPeRMa

Getting involved in this investigation. His name is implicated. Remember MACC reports to him, if not mistaken. He has to hand over MACC reporting line to someone else.
And probably some other dept to investigate Anwar’s role in the recordings as mentioned in the recordings.

inb4 all mysteriously jump from nth floor

Mike walt jesse moment
Could’ve just keep quiet make it all go like clockwork