KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 31 -- The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has listed Johor, Selangor, Penang, Sabah, and Sarawak as its "gold mines".

The term refers to states requiring strategic intervention to tackle economic and corruption issues as part of efforts to help Malaysia become a high-income nation.

"This term 'gold mine' does not mean we are out to arrest people, but rather to identify economic and corruption issues that we need to help resolve," MACC chief Tan Sri Azam Baki said in the 'Kolar Hitam' podcast titled 'Azam 2026: Making MACC Bold & Radical', aired on MACC's YouTube channel yesterday.

"I've mentioned before that MACC's role in preventing corruption is actually to help develop our economy so that one day we ca...