The MACC has succeeded in its appeal to forfeit cash amounting to RM540,000 and eight gold pieces belonging to former Rural and Regional Development Ministry secretary-general Mohd Arif Ab Rahman.

This followed yesterday’s decision by a three-panel Court of Appeal judges, comprising Hanipah Farikullah, Abu Bakar Jais and Nordin Hasan, who unanimously allowed the MACC's appeal to set aside a High Court decision which allowed Arif’s appeal against...