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Lowo owayengundunankulu waseMalaysia uMuhyiddin Yassin uboshwe ngoLwesine ngemuva kokuthi iziphathimandla ezimelene nokuxhunyelelwa zimphenye ngezinsolo zokusebenzisa budedengu imali yomphakathi okwakuhloswe ngayo ukulwa neCovid-19.
UMuhyiddin, obengundunankulu izinyanga eziyi-17 phakathi kuka-2020 no-2021, ngesikhathi impi yaseMalaysia ibhekene ne-coronavirus, kulindeleke ukuthi ashaywe ngamacala amaningi enkantolo ngoLwesihlanu, kusho i-Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) esitatimendeni. .
Manje usehola umfelandawonye ophikisayo omelene nohulumeni kaNdunankulu u-Anwar Ibrahim ngemuva kokwehluleka ukuthola ukwesekwa okwanele ukuze abuyele emandleni kulandela ukhetho lukazwelonke ngoNovemba nyakenye.
UMuhyiddin, 75, uvakashele ihhovisi le-MACC ekuqaleni kukaLwesine, ngemuva kosuku ebizwe yisidumbu.
Isikhungo ngokuhamba kwesikhathi sathi uMuhyiddin uboshiwe futhi uzogcinwa ubusuku bonke kusalindwe ukufakwa kwamacala.
Wabuzwa njengengxenye yophenyo ngokungahambi kahle okuhlobene nephakethe lokuvuselela umnotho – elethulwa nguMuhyiddin ngenkathi engundunankulu – ukusiza izwe ukuthi lilulame emiphumeleni yalolu bhubhane “kanye nezindaba ezihlobene nalo”, kusho i-MACC.
Lowo owayengumholi uzobhekana “namacala amaningi” ahlobene nokuphulwa kwemithetho emelene nenkohlakalo nokushushumbiswa kwemali, kusho isitatimende.
Angase abhadle iminyaka engu-20 uma etholakala enecala kodwa kungenzeka aphume ngebheyili ngesikhathi kuqhubeka icala.
Ngaphambilini i-MACC yethule uphenyo mayelana nokusetshenziswa budedengu kwezimali zobhubhane nguBersatu, iqembu lakhe lezepolitiki.
Avala ama-akhawunti ebhange eBersatu ngenyanga edlule, abaholi ababili baleli qembu babekwe amacala okugwazisa okuhlobene nohlelo lokukhuthaza abantu.
UMuhyiddin ukuphikile ukuthi wenze iphutha kanti abalandeli bakhe bathi lolu phenyo lwenzelwe ukudicilela phansi igama iBersatu ngaphambi kokhetho lombuso ngoJulayi.
‘Ukuhlukunyezwa kwezepolitiki’
Abalandeli ababalelwa ku-100 bahlangane ngaphandle kwebhilidi le-MACC bamemeza bemeseka uMuhyiddin njengoba efike ekuseni.
“Ukubizwa kukaMuhyiddin kuwukuhlukumeza ngokwepolitiki,” kusho ilungu eliphezulu leBersatu uBaba Deni etshela i-AFP.
“Umbono uwukudicilela phansi isithunzi sakhe njengoba engumengameli waseBersatu. Kuphinde kucekele phansi isithunzi seqembu kubavoti abasha.”
UNdunankulu u-Anwar, ophikile ukuthi uyagxambukela ophenyweni, usole ukuthi izigidigidi zamarandi ezimalini zosizo lweCovid zakhishwa ngaphandle kwenqubo efanele ngenkathi uMuhyiddin esehhovisi.
U-Muhyiddin wagqama ngesikhathi kubusa owayengundunankulu uNajib Razak, manje osedonsa iminyaka engu-12 ejele ngenkohlakalo ehlobene nokuphangwa kwenkampani yokutshalwa kwezimali kahulumeni i-1MDB.
Waxabana noNajib ngo-2015, ngesikhathi exoshwa ngemuva kokugxeka uhulumeni ngehlazo le-1MDB.
UMuhyiddin ngokuhamba kwesikhathi wajoyina iqembu elasungulwa ngowayengundunankulu uMahathir Mohamad wasiza ekuxosheni uNajib neqembu lakhe, i-United Malays National Organisation (UMNO).
Ngemuva kwalokho, esimweni esijwayelekile sepolitiki yaseMalaysia eneziyaluyalu, waphinde wahlangana ne-UMNO ukuze athole ukwesekwa okwanele ukuze abe uNdunankulu.
