By DayakDaily Team
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 13: Four individuals, including the senior executive officer from a local broadcasting company in Kuching, who were detained last Friday (Jan 10), have been remanded for another three days to assist in the investigation of a money laundering case.
In a Bernama news report today, Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Razarudin Husain confirmed that the extension had been obtained until Wednesday (Jan 15).
“All suspects, including the family members of the senior executive officer, in their 20s to 60s, are being investigated by the Bukit Aman Anti-Money Laundering Investigation Team.
“We are also tracing the flow of suspicious transactions believed to have been misappropriated by the suspects,” he said as quoted by Bernama.
Last Friday, Razarudin confirmed the arrest of the senior executive officer and four others for suspected money laundering activities under Ops Ragada.
The suspects, consisting of four men and one woman, were arrested at various locations, including Penang and Sarawak, and assets worth over RM17.4 million were seized.
However, one of the family members of the senior executive officer was released on police bail last Saturday (Jan 11).
He explained that the suspects are believed to have engaged in money laundering through suspicious financial transactions, as well as committing criminal breach of trust, tender fraud, and awarding contracts to themselves or their family members.
The case is being investigated under Section 4(1) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds from Unlawful Activities Act 2001 (Act 613), Sections 409, 420, and 403 of the Penal Code, and Section 23 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009.
Yesterday (Jan 12), Sarawak Media Group (SMG) clarified that the incident had nothing to do with the company’s operations and that the matter was ‘on a personal level’. — DayakDaily
