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MACC remands 4 in Sabah over false claims worth RM5mil
On June 30, MACC's special operations division raided 10 locations around Kota Kinabalu and the Klang Valley.
PETALING JAYA : The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has remanded four people, including two company owners, on suspicion of submitting false claims to procure work permit printing services worth around RM5 million.
Magistrate Dzul Elmy Yunus issued a four-day remand order until July 5 for three men and a woman following an application by MACC in Kota Kinabalu yesterday.
Kosmo quoted a source as saying that the suspects, in their 40s and 50s, were arrested between 6pm and 7pm on June 30 when they went to give their statements at the Sabah MACC office.
'All four suspects, two of whom are a former administrator and assistant administrator of a local oil company, are believed to have committed the offences from 2019 to 2023.
'The two suspects are believed to have conspired with the other two, both company owners, to submit false claims to procure permit printing services worth around RM5 million,' said the source.
The suspects were arrested in Op Effingo, an operation by MACC's special operations division.
On June 30, the division raided 10 locations around Kota Kinabalu and the Klang Valley, including several companies and the suspects' residences and offices.
'MACC seized 22 bank accounts, including an Amanah Saham Bumiputera account with about RM2 million, and around RM14,000 in foreign currencies.
'MACC also seized three luxury vehicles worth RM1.3 million and three mobile phones,' said the source.
Zamri Zainul Abidin, senior director of MACC's special operations division, confirmed the arrests.
He said the suspects would be charged under Section 18 of the MACC Act 2009, which relates to false claims, and with other offences under the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001.
