KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 30 -- Bagan MP Lim Guan Eng has urged the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to initiate an investigation into Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi over an alleged RM2.1 billion budget overrun at the Ministry of Rural and Regional Development (KKDW).

In a statement today, Lim said the anti-graft agency should apply the same rigorous enforcement standards to KKDW as it did in its recent probe into Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), where management was found to have channelled nearly RM260 million into its investment arm, UiTM Holdings, without the required approval from the Ministry of Finance.

Citing official Finance Ministry figures, Lim noted that KKDW spent RM1.8 billion in 2023 against an ...