Kuala lumpur: Former Army Chief Tan Sri Hafizuddeain Jantan and his wife Salwani Anuar were charged at the Kuala Lumpur Special Corruption Court today with four counts related to money laundering. Hafizuddeain is set to face two additional charges at the Shah Alam Corruption Court in Selangor on Friday, while his wife will be charged with an additional count at the Jertih Sessions Court in Terengganu on Monday. Additionally, former Chief of Defence Force Tan Sri Mohd Nizam Jaafar will be charged at the Special Corruption Court on Friday, involving two counts under Section 23 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009, due to investigations into abuse of power and allegations involving the Armed Forces Welfare Fund (TKAT). He will also face charges of breach of trust under Section 409 and one charge under Section 165 of the Penal Code.
According to BERNAMA News Agency, the chronology of events for corruption cases involving senior Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) officers begins on December 22, 2025, when Badrul Hisham Shaharin, also known as Chegubard, filed a police report at the Dang Wangi district police headquarters. He claimed to possess forensic documents showing substantial monthly cash flow into the accounts of a senior military officer and his family members. This prompted the MACC to investigate procurement projects at the Ministry of Defence (Mindef) on December 23, 2025.
On December 24, 2025, MACC recorded statements from three individuals and intensified investigations by reviewing accounts suspected of being linked to procurement corruption. By December 27, 2025, Hafizuddeain was directed to take immediate leave to allow the investigation to proceed without conflicts of interest. Subsequently, on December 29, 2025, MACC seized six bank accounts believed to belong to a senior army officer and his family members to aid the investigation.
The investigation intensified in January 2026, with the remand of a former senior army officer and his two wives on January 8, 2026, to assist in the investigation. On January 10, 2026, MACC seized luxury assets worth over RM2.2 million following a search at a residence in the East Coast, believed to belong to the second wife of a former senior army officer. The following days saw more developments, with MACC confirming the arrest of another senior MAF officer on January 14, 2026, to further investigate the army procurement tender project case.
On January 15, 2026, in a significant move, MACC arrested two high-ranking officers and four senior officers from the MAF following allegations of receiving bribes from several companies related to the procurement of supplies at the TKAT and Mindef. The culmination of these investigations led MACC to submit the investigation papers involving former senior MAF officers to the public prosecutor on January 19, 2026.