PETALING JAYA: Two people, one of them a freelance preacher, have been arrested in Kedah by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) for alleged abuse of power involving fundraising payments.
Sources said that the suspects were involved in a RM600,000 exchange involving funds raised for an educational and religious outreach institution.
They said the suspects, a man and a woman in their 30s, were arrested on Wednesday (Feb 4) after presenting themselves at the Sungai Petani MACC office.
"Preliminary investigations found that both suspects, who are respectively a managing director and a finance and accounts department head, are believed to have colluded in committing the offence around September 2018.
"The main suspect, a man, is believed to have abused his position by colluding with the second suspect, a woman, to approve payments of approximately RM600,000 to him as fundraising fees, without obtaining approval from the other partners," a source said.
Investigations by the Kedah MACC and the MACC Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Division have been ongoing since October, the source added.
Both suspects have been remanded until Saturday (Feb 6).
Kedah MACC director Datuk Nazli Rasyid Sulong, when contacted on Thursday (Feb 5), confirmed the arrest and said the case is being investigated under Section 23 of the MACC Act 2009.
