Sabah MACC detains professor for making RM66,000 false research claims

KOTA KINABALU - An academician in Sabah will be charged for submitting false claims involving a research fund amounting to RM66,000.

According to sources the 55-year-old was arrested in the Sabah Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office at 10am today.

Sabah MACC Director Datuk S Karunanithy when contacted verified the arrest and said the case is being investigated following Section 18 of the MACC Act 2009.

"The suspect was released with a RM10,000 bail with a guarantor.

"The suspect will be further charged at the Kota Kinabalu Sessions Court," he said.