Cloned cars exposé: RTD officer and husband detained
MELISSA DARLYNE CHOW
September 20, 2016
NST
ALOR STAR: The Kedah Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) today arrested a married couple allegedly linked to a syndicate which specialised in cloning expired Singaporean luxury cars.
The female suspect, 31, was arrested this morning when she showed up for work at the state Road Transport Department (RTD) office, and was subsequently brought to the state MACC office.
The male suspect, 36, a car salesman, was brought in two hours later, after he was arrested at his house in Kulim.
Both have been detained to assist in investigations into the case, to ascertain the roles they play in the syndicate.
The duo will be brought to the magistrate's court here tomorrow to be remanded.
The woman is being investigated under Section 17(a) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009, while the man is being investigated under Section 16(a)(A) of the same Act.
The case centres on expired Singaporean luxury cars being given a new lease of life by a cloned car syndicate that has links to the RTD, front-paged by the New Straits Times today.
It was reported that the syndicate’s connection to insiders provided its members power to give ownership of these recycled, once high-end cars to new owners in this country.
Its modus operandi, revolved around “buying over the right people”, which would shield them from the authorities.
Among the luxury vehicles that the syndicate preferred include BMW, Honda, Toyota, Mini Cooper and the Mitsubishi Grandis.
Syndicates have also been brazenly expanding their car-cloning business online.
To date, it is learnt that over 20 cloned cars have been seized
ALOR STAR: The Kedah Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) today arrested a married couple allegedly linked to a syndicate which specialised in cloning expired Singaporean luxury cars.
The female suspect, 31, was arrested this morning when she showed up for work at the state Road Transport Department (RTD) office, and was subsequently brought to the state MACC office.
The male suspect, 36, a car salesman, was brought in two hours later, after he was arrested at his house in Kulim.
Both have been detained to assist in investigations into the case, to ascertain the roles they play in the syndicate.
The duo will be brought to the magistrate's court here tomorrow to be remanded.
The woman is being investigated under Section 17(a) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009, while the man is being investigated under Section 16(a)(A) of the same Act.
The case centres on expired Singaporean luxury cars being given a new lease of life by a cloned car syndicate that has links to the RTD, front-paged by the New Straits Times today.
It was reported that the syndicate’s connection to insiders provided its members power to give ownership of these recycled, once high-end cars to new owners in this country.
Its modus operandi, revolved around “buying over the right people”, which would shield them from the authorities.
Among the luxury vehicles that the syndicate preferred include BMW, Honda, Toyota, Mini Cooper and the Mitsubishi Grandis.
Syndicates have also been brazenly expanding their car-cloning business online.
To date, it is learnt that over 20 cloned cars have been seized
