Malaysia

Kedah MP’s ex-officer under MACC remand over false claims

43-year-old alleged to have misappropriated RM140,600

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 20 Aug 2021 2:37PM

Kedah MP’s ex-officer under MACC remand over false claims

SG PETANI – A former officer to a Kedah MP is in remand for three days from today for investigation into false claims amounting to RM140,600 allegedly submitted between 2019 and 2020.

The order was issued by Sg Petani magistrate Noor Fazlina Musa.

According to the Kedah Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), the 43-year-old man is alleged to have misappropriated “Wang Peruntukan Khas Jabatan Perdana Menteri” for a parliamentary constituency in Kedah, amounting between RM9,500 and RM34,000, from August 2019 to January 2020.

He is alleged to have submitted seven false invoices to claim for works and supplies carried out in the parliamentary constituency amounting to RM140,600.

“The man was arrested at 4.31pm yesterday at the Sg Petani MACC office,” said the source.

Kedah MACC director Datuk Shaharom Nizam Abd Manap, when contacted, confirmed the arrest and said the case is being investigated under Section 18 of the MACC Act 2009. – Bernama, August 20, 2021

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