Police officers on the take allegedly used middlemen to receive payment

To be grilled: A suspect believed to be a middleman being led out of a magistrate’s court in Putrajaya after the remand order against him.

PUTRAJAYA: He is 32 and self-employed with an “active” bank account that allegedly serves as a front for corrupt police officers.

He is believed to be one of the middlemen in the “protection service” allegedly provided by some senior police officers in Melaka to illegal gambling dens and massage parlours.