KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 — A very high-profile Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia leader is set to be detained by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) ahead of possible charges tomorrow.

The MACC has already charged two Bersatu leaders — Datuk Wan Saiful Wan Jan and Adam Radlan Adam Muhammad — and arrested the party’s treasurer for its investigations into suspected abuse involving the Jana Wibawa scheme the Muhyiddin administration introduced at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.

When tabling Budget 2023 earlier this month, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim announced that several JanaWibawa contracts have been suspended over suspected irregularities.

Aside from the arrest and prosecution of its leaders, Bersatu has also had its bank accounts frozen as part of the MACC investigation.

After some news outlets began naming the leader as Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, the former prime minister went on Facebook to clarify that he has not been arrested.

Instead, he said he has been summoned to the MACC’s headquarters in Putrajaya tomorrow.

Earlier, reports emerged variously claiming Muhyiddin had been arrested while golfing this afternoon or detained along with his eldest son.