KUALA LUMPUR: A police officer with the rank of superintendent has been remanded for seven days in connection with the investigation into a false claim worth RM15mil over the Command & Control, Communication & Computer Integration (C4i) system procurement contract.
He is the latest to be nabbed in the ongoing investigation over the false claims.
Sources said the 54-year-old male officer was remanded for seven days from Saturday (April 26).
"He was detained by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on Friday (April 25).
"He is believed to have accepted bribes from contractors and subcontractors for the procurement of a service contract to maintain the C4i system," sources said.
MACC officers have also conducted searches at the officer's office and home in Semenyih to seize any relevant documents that showed he received bribes from the contractors, sources said.
"So far, the MACC has frozen and seized RM7.6mil in funds and assets.
"They have also recorded the statements of 15 individuals consisting of witnesses and detainees," sources said.
Previously, six people, including a company director, a chief financial officer and two police officers were detained in the same case.
Sources said the suspects - five men and a woman - aged from their 30s to their 50s - were detained in an operation codenamed Ops C4i at about 8pm on Wednesday (April 23) after their statements were recorded at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) headquarters.
It is believed the two police officers detained were of the rank of Superintendent and Inspector.
"Initial investigations revealed that all suspects were believed to have committed the offence between 2022 and 2025.
"They had conspired to make a false claim worth RM15mil, where some of the work did not meet the requirements of the contract.
"The Home Ministry granted the project, which has an overall value of RM70mil, to the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM)," the source said.
The case is being investigated under Section 18 of the MACC Act 2009 and Section 4(1) of Anti-Money Laundering (AMLA) Act
