KUALA LUMPUR: A 61-year-old senior official of a television station in Sarawak is among five people detained in connection with a money laundering and criminal breach of trust investigation.
The suspects were detained in a special operation, codenamed Ops Ragada, conducted by the Inspector-General of Police secretariat’s Anti-Money Laundering Division yesterday.
IGP Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said the division officers detained four men and a woman, aged between 25 and 61, over the probe.
“We are investigating under Section 4(1) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001,” he said when contacted.
Razarudin said the investigation and subsequent arrests were possible through intelligence gathering conducted by the division.
“The investigation discovered suspicious financial transactions between 2017 and last year,” he added.
Razarudin said the probe was also connected to the illegal awarding of tenders for projects.
“We also seized several items, including documents, vehicles and bank accounts worth RM17.4mil,” he added.
It was reported that a TV station senior official was detained in Kuching yesterday.
Photos of the individual’s arrest have gone viral on social media.
