14-05-2025
Trio, including ex-director, remanded over RM2.5mil false claims
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has remanded three people, including a former executive director, who are suspected of conspiring to submit false documents in claims amounting to RM2.5 million.
Putrajaya sessions court magistrate Mohd Dinie Shazwan Ab. Shukor granted a five-day remand order until May 18 this morning. The suspects, a man and two women, are aged between 30 and 40.
Sources said the trio were detained between 4pm and 7pm yesterday while providing statements at the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya.
"They are believed to have committed the offence between 2022 and 2024, involving reimbursement and bonus payment claims totalling around RM2.5 million," the source said.
MACC Anti-Money Laundering Division director Norhaizam Muhammad when contacted, confirmed the arrests and said the case is being investigated under Section 18 of the MACC Act 2009.
