KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 8): The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has recovered RM23.91 million in funds and assets linked to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) from 2023 to date.

In a statement on Thursday, the commission said the funds and assets were recovered through confiscation via court process as well voluntary surrender involving five individuals as well as repatriation to the government.

MACC said RM556,275.64 was obtained on Aug 30, 2023 from 1MDB officer Nurzahid Taib, who had received 1MDB funds for Project Maximus and Project Catalyze. The sum was deposited into the account of Turquoise Coast Offshore Inc.

It said on Sept 29, a sum of US$972,251.25 (RM4,551,399.45) was returned voluntarily to the government by former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s special officer Datuk Amhari Effendi Nazaruddin via wire transfer from BSI Bank Switzerland.

Meanwhile, the MACC said that on Nov 8, the Kuala Lumpur High Court ordered the forfeiture of three units of condominium worth RM7.05 million owned by Najib’s foreign affairs adviser Mohammad Kamal Yan Yahaya.

The commission said Mohammad Kamal had received the 1MDB funds through Project Magnolia, Project Maximus and Project Catalyze into the account of Spring Elite International Ltd at BSI Bank, Singapore.

The MACC said the three recoveries were in the aftermath of trial of Goldman Sachs bank Roger Ng Chong Hwa at the Brooklyn Federal Court in the US.

Following that, the Kuala Lumpur High Court on Feb 5 ordered the forfeiture of assets of fugitive Low Taek Jho's associates, namely Jerome Lee Tak Loong and his spouse Koay Ying Ying, in Malaysia and Singapore worth RM11.754 million.

The MACC added that in total, from 2019 to date, it has recovered RM29.03 billion of 1MDB assets through its asset recovery special task force in collaboration with foreign agencies.