An independent preacher and a company official are remanded for alleged abuse of power involving RM600,000 in fundraising fees from an institution.
ALOR SETAR: An independent preacher and another individual have been remanded by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission over alleged abuse of power involving about RM600,000.
The one-day remand order against the two suspects, a man and a woman in their 30s, was issued by Magistrate Noorfazlina Musa at the Sungai Petani Magistrate’s Court.
A source said the suspects were arrested when they turned up to give statements at the Sungai Petani MACC office yesterday.
Initial investigations found the suspects, the company’s managing director and its finance and accounting head, are suspected of colluding in the offence around September 2018.
The main male suspect is believed to have abused his position and conspired with the second suspect in approving the payment to himself as fundraising fees.
This payment was made without obtaining approval from the other partner in the educational and dakwah institution.
The investigation has been ongoing since October last year by the Kedah MACC and the MACC Anti-Money Laundering Division.
Kedah MACC director Datuk Nazli Rasyid Sulong confirmed the arrest and said the case was being investigated under Section 23 of the MACC Act 2009.
