KOTA KINABALU: Two businessmen were nabbed for allegedly filing false claims amounting to over RM3.6mil for a small and medium industry assistance programme here several years ago.
The suspects, a man and a woman in their 50s, were arrested after giving their statements at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office here at around 11am on Tuesday (Aug 12).
According to MACC sources, the duo was believed to have submitted two claims containing false information for the supply of machines and entrepreneurship tools among other things, for the assistance programme in 2022 and 2023.
The claims were made to the Department of Industrial Development and Research, the source said.
The first claim was for the supply of retort machines and entrepreneurship tools worth around RM400,000 while the other was a claim of about RM3.2mil for certification services, the source said.
Outgoing Sabah MACC director Datuk S. Karunanithy, when contacted, confirmed the arrest and said that the case is being investigated under the MACC Act 2009.
He said both suspects were released on a RM10,000 bail and they are expected to be charged at the Kota Kinabalu Special Corruptions court on Thursday (Aug 14).
