The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) detained seven people on August 14 in a probe related to the Tabung Haji Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) report [1, 2, 3, 4].
Those arrested include a shipping company CEO and a construction company director, both holding the Datuk title and in their 60s. Also detained was a former company director with a Datuk Seri title in his 60s, and four former senior Tabung Haji management officers aged 50 to 60, with one woman and one holding a Datuk Seri title among them [1, 2, 3, 4].
The shipping CEO is suspected of submitting falsified documents concerning payments to Tabung Haji by fabricating a petroleum company contract to benefit his firm [1, 2, 3, 4]. The construction director and former company director allegedly deceived Tabung Haji officers into investing in the construction company by promising it would be listed on Bursa Malaysia [1, 2, 3, 4].
Four former senior Tabung Haji managers face suspicion over corrupt practices linked to a hotel lease agreement with a Saudi Arabian company worth 2.49 billion Saudi riyals (approximately RM2.72 billion according to one source) resulting in losses to the pilgrimage fund [1, 3, 4] [2].
Only the shipping company CEO and the construction director were remanded in custody. The remaining five suspects were released on MACC bail citing health reasons. Magistrate Ahmad Afiq Hasan granted a five-day remand order for the two until August 19 [1, 2, 3, 4].
The detentions occurred in stages from 3 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. at MACC headquarters in Putrajaya on August 14 [1, 2, 3, 4]. MACC Chief Commissioner Datuk Seri Abd Halim Aman confirmed the arrests and said the case is being investigated under Sections 18 and 16(a)(A) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009 [1, 2, 3, 4].
The Tabung Haji RCI report was published on July 29, 2026, detailing governance lapses from 2014 to 2020 and making 25 recommendations. A special MACC task force reviewed the report before the arrests [2, 4].
