KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has concluded its probe into the involvement of political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda in the purchase of Scorpene submarines in 2002, the Prime Minister's Department revealed on Wednesday.
Its minister Datuk Paul Low said the Commission had carried out the probe under the MACC Act 2009.
"The investigation has been completed. However, the MACC has yet to receive any application from any (foreign) party appealing (for information) on Razak’s case," he told the Dewan Rakyat today.
He said this in response to a question from Teresa Kok (DAP-Seputeh) on MACC's probe of the case, and whether the government would work with the French government, which had allegedly charged Razak with corruption in relation to the submarine purchase, to extradite him.
On Aug 2, in response to media reports, Razak denied that he had been charged in France or that he had committed any crime of corruption, or breached laws with regard to the purchase.
He acknowledged that a formal investigation had been launched and said that he welcomed the French inquiry. He stressed that the investigation is ongoing and that no formal charges have yet been brought against any individual in a court of law.