Uniformed Officer Remanded For Alleged Abetment In False Credit Card Claims Of RM55,000

SEREMBAN, Aug 12 (Bernama) -- 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 4 pm 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