Penalties against 5 senior TH officers watered down, says RCI report

PETALING JAYA : The royal commission of inquiry into Tabung Haji (TH) found that senior officers implicated in multiple misconduct cases had their penalties repeatedly watered down on appeal, with all five involved still employed at TH or its subsidiaries as of 2022. The RCI report, submitted to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on Aug 30, 2022 and declassified today, said the pattern extended across police reports, internal disciplinary proceedings, referrals to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), and ongoing court and arbitration cases – with authorities and TH management alike taking too long, and often too little action, relative to the scale of the wrongdoing uncovered.

The report said TH’s disciplinary committee charged five senior officers – group chief financial officer Rozaida Omar, chief operating officer Adi Azuan Abdul Ghani, senior general manager Rifina Ariff, chief human resources officer Hisham Harun, and legal adviser Hazlina Khalid – over four clusters of misconduct.

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