KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 17 — Lawyer Mansoor Saat, who is also a businessman, today said he is not a fugitive on the run from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission .
Mansoor said that MACC had in mid-March this year called him, where he was told that his assistance was required in an investigation into alleged bribery of government officers in relation to the change of the receiving account for the concession proceeds from the Home Ministry to NERS's operation account instead of to the scheduled and sanctioned project account
“It is obvious that what I am going through now is caused by my refusal to transfer the shares,” he said. “The amount of funding made by shareholders to NERS to meet its obligations throughout the contract or concession period was also considered. He said the MACC investigating officer later insisted on an urgent basis that he come back during the height of the political campaign for the state election scheduled for August 12.
“I had cooperated and will continue to render assistance in any investigation as required within the legal framework.