Malaysians asked to help find Daim’s 4 children as corruption probe widens

Malaysia’s anti-corruption agency on Friday asked the public for help in locating the four children of the late tycoon and former finance minister Daim Zainuddin, as it widened an investigation into the family’s wealth.The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission said it was seeking information on the whereabouts of Asnida Abdul Daim, 63, Md Wira Dani Abdul Daim, 46, Muhammed Amir Zainuddin Daim, 29 and Muhammed Amin Zainuddin Daim, 26, “to assist in investigations”.The statement, however, did not provide details of the cases involving Daim’s four children.A MACC source told This Week in Asia that all four were being investigated for failing to declare their assets.“It is the same as Naimah, all for the same offence,” said the source, who asked not to be named as they were not authorised to speak to the media, referring to Daim’s wife, Naimah Khalid.Daim’s family has been embroiled in a series of legal battles with the MACC, which in 2024 charged him and Naimah on separate counts of failing to declare their assets.While Daim was acquitted of all charges after his death in November that year, aged 86, the MACC has continued its case against 68-year-old Naimah.