MACC nabs university association staff for misusing funds


MELAKA: A 47-year-old secretary of an academic staff association at a public university here has been arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) for allegedly abusing his position by using the association's funds to pay his wife’s legal and court order costs amounting to RM84,500.

The male suspect has been remanded for five days until September 7, following an order issued by Magistrate Uthman Abd Ghani after an application was made by the MACC at the Magistrate’s Court in Ayer Keroh here on Wednesday (September 3).

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