With regards to the statement made by the defence counsel of former Tabung Haji Chairman, Datuk Seri Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim, Amer Hamzah Arshad who argued at the Court of Appeal yesterday, stating that the financial report analysis by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) had previously cleared his client of corruption allegations, the MACC would like to emphasise that the statement was only an argument and has not yet been decided by the court.

Abdul Azeez was previously arraigned on 13 charges of corruption and illegal money laundering  at the Kuala Lumpur Session Court.

However, the Kuala Lumpur High Court on 12 March denied his appeal to drop all charges.

The appeal towards the Kuala Lumpur High Court ruling was then heard at the Court of Appeal yesterday.

Subsequently, the media report which quoted the argument implied that Abdul Azeez was cleared of all charges of corruption and money laundering even though the court has not made any ruling about the case.

Thus, the MACC hopes that the public avoids making any speculation about the case which is still on trial, before the court hears the responding argument by the prosecution towards the arguments made by the legal team of Abdul Azeez on 6 October.