MELAKA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has detained a director, who is also the sales manager of a private company here, for allegedly submitting documents containing false details on the purchase of sports equipment.
The 44-year-old suspect was said to have submitted fraudulent details to an accountant of a supply company over the procurement of badminton equipment worth a total of RM78,812.60, although the supply was not properly carried out in 2023.
The suspect was arrested on Monday at the state MACC office in Alai to assist in the investigation under Section 18 of the MACC Act.
The suspect appeared at the Magistrate’s Court in Ayer Keroh yesterday, where a five-day remand was granted.
In a separate case, a fire station chief in Perlis was remanded by MACC for six days to assist in the investigation into a case of submitting false claims regarding the attendance of auxiliary personnel at the station involving a total of about RM30,000.
MACC sources said the remand order against the 49-year-old was issued by magistrate Nurshahida Abdul Rahim at the Magistrate’s Court following an application from the Perlis MACC.
“The man was detained at 4.20pm on Monday when he turned up to have his statement recorded at the Perlis MACC office,” the sources said, Bernama reported.
The man is believed to have abused his power by instructing 15 auxiliary personnel to submit claims for attendance allowances on days they were not on duty, with the payment then given to the fire station chief for his own use.
