PUTRAJAYA, March 3 -- The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) confirmed this afternoon that former prime minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri is one of the key suspects in an ongoing corruption investigation involving hundreds of millions of ringgit in government funds.

MACC chief Tan Sri Azam Baki said up to RM170 million worth of cash and other valuable items were confiscated at one of the apartments raided as part of the probe. The confiscated items were displayed at a media briefing at the agency's headquarters here.

Cash

The MACC said approximately RM170 million in various currencies was confiscated in the raids.

Azam disclosed that other than the ringgit, the currencies were:

Gold bars

Up to 16kg of gold bars were found at...