PUTRAJAYA: A mosque committee chairman in Terengganu has been remanded for submitting a list of ineligible individuals to receive zakat from a private welfare organisation.
A six-day remand order until Sunday (Nov 10) was issued by Magistrate Sharifah Amirda Shasha Amir Shariffuddin following an application by prosecutors at the Kemaman Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday (Nov 5).
It is learnt that the suspect, who is in his 50s, was detained after he presented himself at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office in Kemaman at 2.45pm on Monday (Nov 4).
“Initial investigation showed that the suspect allegedly committed the offence in April, where the names of 50 people were listed as recipients of zakat amounting to RM1,000 per person,” said a source.
The source added that the suspect received the zakat funds from a petroleum company where he is an employee.
“The man was detained along with his wife, who is among those listed as zakat recipients. However, the wife has been released on bail,” the source said.
Terengganu MACC director Hazrul Shazreen Abd Yazid confirmed the arrest and said that more arrests are expected to be made to assist in the investigation.
