MELAKA – Four policemen have been remanded for seven days from today to assist in an investigation into the allegations of receiving wages to supply prohibited items to the detainees in police lock-ups.
The remand order against the four suspects, aged 35 to 40 and carrying the ranks of lance corporal and corporal, was issued by magistrate Mazana Sinin at the Ayer Keroh magistrates’ court, to assist the investigations under Section 16(a)(B) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009.
The four policemen, attached to a police station in Alor Gajah, are accused of bringing in supplies of banned items such as drugs, tobacco, and food to the detainees at the police station lock-ups.
It is understood that they received wages of between RM600 and RM9,000 through 20 transactions, conducted online and in cash, from 2019 to 2020.
All the suspects were arrested at the Melaka MACC office yesterday when they were called to have their statements recorded.
Meanwhile, Melaka MACC director Mohd Shahril Che Saad confirmed the arrest when contacted and said further investigations are ongoing. – Bernama, June 22, 2022
