The MACC failed in its bid to forfeit RM4,631,602 that was seized from a bank account belonging to Mediaedge Cia Malaysia Sdn Bhd for being allegedly linked to the 1MDB scandal.

This followed a decision by High Court judicial commissioner Ahmad Shahrir Mohd Salleh who dismissed the application after finding that the commission had failed to prove that the money was from unlawful activities.

He said a forfeiture application was not a mechanism to...