PETALING JAYA: A former special officer to the mayor of Malacca Historical City Council was arrested on Monday.
The 56-year-old Datuk was detained at about 7.30pm at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission office in Malacca where he was summoned to give a statement.
He is expected to be held overnight and produced in a magistrate's court to be charged on Tuesday.
It is learnt that the officer faces 15 charges under the Anti-Money Laundering Act, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act, with another four under the Penal Code.
The officer was first arrested on Nov 28 and was released on bail of RM100,000 in two sureties. He was rearrested on Dec 2 to assist in investigations into illegal money-laundering activities and was released on bail of RM100,000, after being detained for 24 hours.
MACC also seized more than RM150mil in cash, vehicles, other assets and documents from him.
The officer was recently appointed the election machinery coordinator for the Tangga Batu parliamentary seat.
The appointment did not go down well with the state MACC as the state government was one of the signatories of the corruption free pledge.
“It did not augur well for the state. Those under investigations should not be given any official duties.
“The public is watching. We must not send out wrong signals as though the authorities are not serious in tackling issues of corruption and power abuse,” said a source.
MACC deputy chief commissioner (operations) Datuk Azam Baki confirmed the arrest.
