KUALA LUMPUR: A director-general and a director of a government agency have been remanded on suspicion of conspiring to misappropriate funds amounting to about RM900,000.
A five-day remand order until Feb 16 was issued by Magistrate Ezrene Zakariah after an application by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) at the Putrajaya Magistrate’s Court on Thursday (Feb 12).
Sources said the two male suspects, both in their 50s, were arrested at about 1pm on Wednesday (Feb 11) when they turned up to give statements at the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya.
“Preliminary investigations found that both suspects are believed to have abused their positions and authority by using financial allocations at their workplace amounting to approximately RM900,000 for personal benefit,” the source said.
The suspects are also believed to have submitted false claims and documents containing false particulars totalling about RM60,000 to perform the umrah while attending official duties in Jeddah from Jan 29 to Feb 4 last year.
Meanwhile, MACC chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki confirmed the arrests when contacted.
He said the case is being investigated under Section 18 and Section 23(1) of the MACC Act 2009, and also involves offences under the Penal Code related to criminal breach of trust and dishonest misappropriation of property.
Investigations are ongoing.
