KOTA KINABALU: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in Sabah has arrested four federal statutory body officers and two travel agency employees over suspected false claims involving flight ticket purchases worth about RM1.3 million.
Sources said the claims were made using air travel warrants with allegedly falsified flight details, and no actual tickets were supplied to the department’s officers and staff.
The six suspects, two men and four women aged between their 30s and 50s, were detained at about 9.30pm on Monday at the MACC Sabah office while giving statements.
Sabah MACC director Datuk Mohd Fuad Bee Basrah confirmed the arrests, saying the case is being investigated under Section 18 of the MACC Act 2009 for submitting documents containing false statements.
He said a remand application will be made at the Kota Kinabalu Magistrate’s Court today and further arrests are possible as investigations continue.
