Op Ragada: Ex-mayor suspected of wrongly approving projects
The mayor was arrested alongside two women and a man on Wednesday and Thursday, and they were also suspected of receiving illegal proceeds from the embezzlement...
A former mayor arrested in Op Ragada is suspected of approving projects misappropriated by a senior management officer at a Sarawak broadcasting station.
The mayor was arrested alongside two women and a man on Wednesday and Thursday, and they were also suspected of receiving illegal proceeds from the embezzlement.
“The former mayor is the top officer of the broadcasting company which approved the projects, and we are still investigating if the suspect took gratification like the other three suspects,” said Inspector-General of Police Razarudin Husain.
When contacted today, Razarudin said the former mayor and a former general manager were released on police bail, while the police will look into extending the remand of the other two individuals, after their remand period ends today.
Yesterday, Bernama reported that police arrested the former mayor and two women, a former general manager and director of a company, and a man, all aged 53 to 71, in Kuching, Sarawak, and seized 32 documents at a company in Kuching, to assist in a money laundering investigation.
Money laundering activities
Meanwhile, Razarudin said that an officer, along with his wife, child, and another individual arrested on Jan 10, have been released on police bail.
Previously, he disclosed that police investigations found the modus operandi involved conducting money laundering activities through dubious financial transactions and committing offences such as criminal breach of trust, tender fraud, and awarding tenders to oneself or family members.
He said the investigation papers, involving sections 403 and 409 of the Penal Code, Section 23 of the MACC Act, and Section 4(1) of the Prevention of Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 (Act 613), are being completed, to be referred to the Attorney-General’s Chambers.
- Bernama
