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MACC reopens probe on former FT Minister Tengku Adnan for alleged Govt land misappropriation
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 25, 2025: The Coverage has posted a slew of articles alleging that former Federal Territories Minister Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor is back under the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) radar over alleged Government land misappropriation.
This comes on the heels of the corrupt, racial and religious bigoted Umno’s outcry against Malaysia’s 10th Prime Minister (PMX) Anwar Ibrahim’s recent Cabinet reshuffle that had DAP MPs appointed to positions linked to the Federal Territories.
No News Is Bad News reproduces below the news reports:
RM2m Is Just Like Pocket Money: Former FT Minister Tengku Adnan Back Under MACC Radar Over Alleged Government Land Misappropriation
24 December, 2025
The name of Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor, the former Federal Territories Minister during the Najib Razak administration, has once again surfaced in an investigation by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) following allegations of misappropriation involving the transfer of high-value government land to property developers.
Citing a report from Berita Harian, the latest investigation relates to actions allegedly taken while Tengku Adnan was heading the Federal Territories Ministry, reviving long-standing questions about governance and strategic decisions made by the ministry under his leadership.
According to sources, the MACC has opened an investigation file after receiving new information from the public, even though Tengku Adnan no longer holds any government position. The probe is said to scrutinise the transfer of government-owned land assets to private entities, suspected of involving elements of corruption, abuse of power, and conflicts of interest.
MACC Chief Commissioner Azam Baki confirmed the opening of the investigation file and stated that several individuals would be called in to assist with the probe. “Yes, I confirm it, and the MACC will call several individuals to have their statements recorded,” he said.
In addition to the government land issue, the MACC is also investigating allegations related to advertising billboard construction projects implemented during Tengku Adnan’s tenure at the ministry. The focus is on the former minister’s relationships with the companies involved, including approval processes, decision-making flows, and the possibility of overlapping interests.
For the record, although Tengku Adnan was previously acquitted and discharged by the Court of Appeal in a RM2 million corruption case, he still has at least one other case with a Discharge Not Amounting to Acquittal (DNAA) status involving allegations of a RM1 million bribe. A DNAA means he was discharged but not fully acquitted, and the case can be reactivated by the prosecution if further investigations proceed or new evidence emerges.
MACC sources emphasised that this investigation involves significant public interest, particularly in efforts to reassess potential asset leakages and losses to public funds. Several key documents are being gathered, and further developments will depend on the outcomes of statement recordings and reviews of decisions made during the ministry’s administration at that time.
Source : The Corporate Secret
Tengku Adnan, Annuar Musa,Shahidan Kassim, Noh Omar – Were They Protecting Malays or Just Their Own Interests?
Datuk Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki has reminded Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim not to take lightly the public sentiments arising from certain appointments in the recent Cabinet reshuffle, particularly the naming of Hannah Yeoh and Datuk Lo Su Fui as Minister and Deputy Minister for Federal Territories, both of whom are ethnically Chinese.
In a Facebook post, he highlighted netizen concerns: “Why appoint a Chinese DAP representative as Federal Territories Minister and a Chinese from GRS as Deputy Minister? What about the fate of urban Bumiputera?”
We would like to pose some questions to Datuk Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki in response:
Does having a Malay Federal Territories Minister automatically mean that Malay welfare and interests will be protected?
If that is the case, why—under previous Malay ministers like Tan Sri Annuar Musa and Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim—did the government invoke the Land Acquisition Act 1960 to forcibly acquire land in Kampung Sungai Baru (part of Kampung Baru), displacing residents who disagreed with the redevelopment terms?
What about the recent allegations against former Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor regarding the misappropriation of high-value government land transferred to property developers? Were those involved from DAP? Were they Chinese? Has the welfare of Malays in Kuala Lumpur truly been upheld all this while?
Let us not forget that Tengku Adnan once described RM2 million (from a corruption case) as merely “pocket money”—an amount that the average Malay citizen could work their entire life and never achieve.
On a positive note, upon taking over the Ministry of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives (KUSKOP), Steven Sim announced on his very first day an increase in Bumiputera financing under Tabung Ekonomi Kumpulan Usaha Niaga (TEKUN) Nasional from RM300 million this year to RM500 million in 2026.
In contrast, when Tan Sri Noh Omar (a Malay minister) previously held the same portfolio, how much additional allocation was provided for Bumiputera entrepreneurs? Have we forgotten the allegations surrounding the RM571 million Bank Rakyat scandal linked to him in 2021?
Do you all know that Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor once declared assets worth RM938.64 million back in 2001—nearly a billion ringgit—even before his peak as Federal Territories Minister? And he famously dismissed a RM2 million bribe allegation as mere “pocket money,” an amount most ordinary Malays could never earn in a lifetime.
Have you forgotten that Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim and his family benefited massively from stakes in Bernas (Padiberas Nasional Bhd), Malaysia’s rice monopoly? Reports alleged their interests were sold for hundreds of millions (around RM400 million in one deal), reaping huge dividends from a national essential that affects every Malaysian’s rice bowl.
Remember the late Tan Sri Jamaluddin Jarjis, a former UMNO leader and minister? His estate was revealed to include properties alone valued at over RM2.1 billion—that’s billions amassed during his political career, sparking questions about how such wealth was built on a public servant’s salary.
And what about Tan Sri Annuar Musa?
While exact net worth figures vary, he has been linked to controversies like the KL Tower concession transfer during his time in power—a profitable asset generating around RM20-25 million in annual profits that was controversially shifted in a deal raising bribery allegations.
And what about Parti Bersatu, the self-proclaimed champion of Malay rights? In just 17 months in power under Muhyiddin Yassin, the party’s accounts allegedly ballooned with over RM300 million.
How many ordinary Malays did this RM300 million truly help? Was it channeled to uplift the community, or did it fund political machinery, elections, and personal networks—all while Bersatu leaders preached about protecting “nasib Melayu”?
These “Malay-first” parties accumulate massive wealth atas nama perjuangan Melayu, but when probed, they cry political witch-hunt. Yet the real question remains: Where did the money go, and how much actually reached the rakyat Melayu at the bottom, instead of the pockets at the top?
Do these Malay billionaires and multi-millionaires—who treat sums like RM2 million as pocket change—ever truly help the everyday Malay community? How much have they personally contributed back through genuine philanthropy or community upliftment, beyond political rhetoric?
Instead, they allegedly enriched themselves, their families, and cronies atas nama “perjuangan Melayu dan Islam”—selling off national assets, monopolies, and opportunities—while shifting blame to the Chinese community for the poverty and struggles of ordinary Malays.
Why must it be “Chinese” and DAP ministers who increase allocations for Bumiputera, while some who ride on the Malay name allegedly enrich their own pockets, cronies, and families?
It seems Malays are plundered by fellow Malays, yet the Chinese are blamed. As if appointing a Chinese minister suddenly means Malays in KL will lose their rights and place. Rights are only questioned when power is lost—yet when in power, Malay-reserved lands are sold off under Malay ministers, prioritising personal, family, and crony pockets over ordinary Malays below.
The focus should be on integrity, performance, and fair governance—not race.
RM2m is just like pocket money — Ku Nan
Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor today suggested that the RM2 million amount which he is accused of taking as a bribe in 2016 was equivalent to the amount of pocket change for him, while also alleging that the prosecution of this case against him was unfair.
Tengku Adnan was testifying in his own defence in this bribery trial over businessman and housing developer Tan Sri Chai Kin Kong’s RM2 million cheque that was deposited in his company Tadmansori Holdings Sdn Bhd, and continued to assert today that the RM2 million was Chai’s political donation to Federal Territories Umno for use in the 2016 by-elections of Sungai Besar and Kuala Kangsar.
Yesterday, Tengku Adnan’s wealth was publicly disclosed, after he confirmed in court to having made declarations to three different prime ministers of the value of his total assets in 2001 at over RM938 million, over RM711 million (2006), over RM691 million (2013), and finally at over RM782 million in 2016.
Today, Tengku Adnan maintained that he had independently funded the operations of Federal Territories Umno and Barisan Nasional by either using his own money or by seeking donations, noting that he had in fact asked Chai for more than RM2 million donations for the 2016 by-elections.
“Before elections, Yang Arif, in fact I asked for more, because being the chief of Umno Wilayah and BN (Wilayah), I never asked money from my president or Umno headquarters. I stand on my own, sometimes I used my own money, sometimes I get friends to give some donations for funds. It’s all meant for political funds.
“And Yang Arif, there’s a lot of things which I cannot disclose because certain amount we collect, we don’t book in because of political funds. There are things which we can say, and things which we cannot say, because of politics, Yang Arif,” he told the High Court today.
Tengku Adnan also maintained that he had as an election candidate always spent within the limits allowed under the law during the campaign period, but said that he does not declare expenditure made either before or after the campaign period.
“In my case, have I collected any money from my president? No, you can see, I stand on my own. Sometimes you can see even my declaration of assets, it’s been reduced. Why it’s been reduced nobody asks. Because I spend money on my political things,” he said, confirming that he also finds his “own ways” to fund party expenses.
Pocket change
Asked if he was in good standing with his party bosses as they did not need to assist him in funding, Tengku Adnan questioned why he needed to be in their good books, asserting that he had joined politics merely to help the public.
He also claimed the prosecution had portrayed the RM2 million funds to be related to the Rumawip affordable housing programme while noting that he had asked Chai to provide housing units at a subsidised price to the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) employees which he said would mean financial losses to the developer.
“The way you said, I take this money for corruption purpose,” he said during cross-examination by the prosecution’s deputy public prosecutor Julia Ibrahim.
Julia however then noted that Tengku Adnan’s charge under Section 165 of the Penal Code concerned the offence of a public servant obtaining any valuable thing — without consideration or sufficient consideration — from a person who has connections to official functions of the public servant, but Tengku Adnan downplayed RM2 million as something he did not consider valuable.
Julia: The charge against you, something valuable. RM2 million is not valuable to you perhaps?
Tengku Adnan: Not perhaps. Not valuable…RM2 million, my pocket money.
Julia: Perhaps valuable to someone.
Tengku Adnan: I don’t know, God knows.
Tengku Adnan later disagreed that the RM2 million was used for his own purpose or that it was a gift to him, insisting that it was a donation by Chai for Umno’s expenses.
“This is a political donation, used for political purposes, it’s not used as a hadiah (gift) to me or anybody. No, no, because it’s not a hadiah, why should I report to the prime minister?” he asked, in reply to a question on whether he had reported his receiving of the RM2 million sum to the prime minister while he was in Cabinet.
He was earlier referred to the code of ethics for members of the administration, which requires the reporting of gifts received by them to the prime minister if they doubt the value of the gift matches the intention it was given for.
Tengku Adnan insisted that he had merely taken back the RM2 million when Chai paid him, as he had advanced the same amount earlier for Umno’s by-election expenses.
He disagreed that the RM2 million from Chai would have been deposited into Federal Territories Umno’s account instead if it had actually been used for the by-election, saying: “I disagree because you don’t know how we operate or how we spend the money. Cash.”
Earlier, Tengku Adnan also claimed the prosecution was being unfair to him by continuing to pursue this case against him when it had dropped a case brought under the same Section 165 against an individual he named as “former finance minister”.
At one point when asked about his claim of alleged “irrelevant charges” being brought against him, Tengku Adnan responded by questioning why a Section 165 case against “the former finance minister” was withdrawn.
“Because it’s not being fair…you talk to the press, you are discriminating me, you tarnish me. You wait for a while. It’s not fair, then you talk something else,” he said.
“What I’m trying to say here is because if your AGC can drop the same case against the finance minister, why are you putting the case against [me]?” he asked.
Julia had then urged him to remain calm and he agreed to do so.
At another point, Tengku Adnan protested at the prosecution’s description of the RM2 million as being an “alleged” political donation, arguing that the word “alleged” implied that he had instead took it as a bribe.
“As if you have put that I took the money for bribe, the way you said,” Tengku Adnan said, but Julia said she did not describe it in that manner.
Amid Tengku Adnan’s occasional protests while answering questions, Julia calmly continued to ask her questions and to clarify what the politician meant with his remarks.
Today, Tengku Adnan had also said Umno does not keep records of political donations, and also disagreed that Umno kept the records of all his cash advances to the political party.
Tengku Adnan also denied that a 2016 receipt purportedly issued to Chai for the RM2 million “political donation” was forged after Tengku Adnan’s November 2018 arrest, despite the purported receipt’s serial number being between two receipts dated 2018 in the receipt book.
Tengku Adnan’s trial before High Court judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan continues this afternoon, with his lawyer Datuk Tan Hock Chuan to ask him further questions.
Source : Malay Mail
MACC probes ex-minister over project approvals in a federal territory
MACC chief Azam Baki confirms the probe and says several persons of interest will be summoned to assist in investigations.
MACC is still probing links between the former minister and the firms involved and is obtaining relevant documents, the source said.
PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has begun probing a former minister for corruption and abuse of power following the discovery of fresh leads, almost a decade later.
MACC chief commissioner Azam Baki confirmed the probe and said that the anti-graft agency will call several persons of interest to facilitate investigations.
He, however, did not name the former minister involved.
A source from the MACC said that the probe focused on project approvals in a federal territory involving millions of ringgit.
The source also said the investigations cover the construction of advertising billboards and the transfer of a parcel of government-owned land to a prominent property developer.
However, the anti-graft agency is still probing links between the former minister and the firms involved and is obtaining relevant documents, the source said.
Berita Harian reported that the ex-minister involved served in the Cabinet before the Covid-19 pandemic and faced court charges for several corruption cases a few years ago.
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