Probe Ahmad Zahid over link to firm in Nepali scam, says Kasthuri

GEORGE TOWN: The Home Ministry has been urged to investigate former deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi who was linked to a company accused of swindling more than RM185 million from Nepalis who sought employment in Malaysia.
Batu Kawan MP Kasthuri Patto (pix) said a probe starting with the Immigration Department must be conducted.
"The ministry has a huge task ahead of them, that is to launch a full-blown probe and inquest into a stunning amount of over RM185 million conned from poor Nepal citizens," she said in a statement today.
Nepali Times yesterday named the firm in question as Bestinet Sdn Bhd, which previously listed former home minister Tan Sri Azmi Khalid as a director.
The scam allegedly involved powerful Malaysian businesses with close links to ministers and officials in the Barisan Nasional coalition of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and implemented by their agents in Kathmandu who had contacts with influential politicians and bureaucrats in Nepal, the report said.