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MELAKA — Seven individuals comprising a civil servant and six contractors were remanded for five days starting today to assist in investigations into allegations of submitting false claims totalling RM139,000 last year.

The remand order until Monday against the suspects, aged 32 to 52, was issued by Magistrate N. Sivashangari after receiving an application from the Melaka Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC). 

According to a source, all the suspects were detained between 11.24 am and 12.05 pm yesterday when they appeared to give statements at the Melaka MACC office.

“They are being investigated for the offence of submitting supply work documents involving six different companies to obtain claims for the supply of food and beverage services totalling RM139,100 when the supply was never carried out,” said the source.

The case is being investigated under Section 18 of the MACC Act 2009 which, if convicted, carries a fine not less than five times the value of the false items or RM10,000, whichever is higher, and imprisonment not exceeding 20 years.

Meanwhile, Melaka MACC director Adi Supian Shafie when contacted confirmed the arrest and remand. — BERNAMA

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SEREMBAN — The Negeri Sembilan branch of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has remanded a uniformed officer suspected of abetment in submitting false details for a company credit card payment claim for a hotel booking totalling RM55,000 for personal gain.

The four-day remand order until Aug 15 was issued by Magistrate Saiful Sayoti after allowing the MACC’s application at the Magistrate’s Court today.

According to sources, the suspect, a man in his 20s, was detained at about 4pm yesterday when he appeared to give a statement at the state MACC office.

“Initial investigations found that the suspect conspired with a clerk of a tourism company based in the capital who was previously remanded on July 16.

Both suspects are believed to have committed the act from March 2023 to February 2024 by submitting company credit card payment claim documents containing false details of hotel bookings for supposedly official company business but actually for personal gain,” he said.

Meanwhile, the state MACC director Awgkok Ahmad Taufik Putra Awg Ismail, when contacted, confirmed the arrest and said the case is being investigated under Section 18 of the MACC Act 2009. — BERNAMA

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