KUALA TERENGGANU (June 7): The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has uncovered irregularities involving the government's Daya Kerjaya 2.0 programme, with false claims amounting to RM9.01 million.
MACC chief commissioner Datuk Seri Abd Halim Aman said investigations, with an operation expected to begin next week, found that 143 companies involving 320 workers nationwide were linked to the alleged misuse of government funds under the Social Security Organisation's (Socso) initiative in 2024 and 2025.
“Under the Daya Kerjaya 2.0 programme, the government provides employers with a wage incentive of RM1,500 a month for six months for each eligible worker hired, including persons with disabilities, former prisoners and senior citizens.
“However, based on our preliminary intelligence gathering, several issues have been identified in the implementation of the programme. Among them, we found individuals who were declared as employees but did not actually exist,” he told Bernama during a visit to the Terengganu MACC office here on Sunday.
Abd Halim said investigators also detected cases involving workers who did not meet the minimum six-month employment requirement but received the full incentive payment, as well as the use of forged documents to obtain the payments.
He said the MACC had also identified another 1,638 companies suspected of engaging in similar activities involving about RM45 million, although those cases remain at a preliminary stage of investigation.
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