By DayakDaily Team
KUCHING, Jan 10: The senior executive from the top management of a local TV station arrested earlier today is among five individuals detained in connection with a money laundering and criminal breach of trust (CBT) investigation.
In a news report by The Star, the suspects were detained in a special operation dubbed ‘Ops Ragada’ conducted by the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) secretariat’s Anti-Money Laundering (Amla) division today.
According to IGP Tan Sri Razarudin Husain, four men and a woman aged between 25 and 61 were detained in connection with the ongoing investigation.
He added that the division’s intelligence-gathering efforts discovered suspicious financial transactions between 2017 and September 2024.
In addition to the arrests, several items were also seized, which included documents, vehicles, and bank accounts worth RM17.4 million.
Meanwhile, according to Bernama, the suspects were detained at several locations, including in Penang and Sarawak.
The modus operandi involved criminal money laundering activities through suspicious financial transactions and offences such as criminal breach of trust, tender fraud, and awarding tenders to oneself or family members.
Razarudin said the case is being investigated under Section 4(1) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001, Section 409 of the Penal Code, Section 420 of the Penal Code, Section 403 of the Penal Code, and Section 23 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009. — DayakDaily
