Fiery 'warning' for MACC officer probing high-profile cases?

A suspected arson attack was carried out on the home of a high-ranking MACC officer who is investigating several high-profile cases.

According to a source with knowledge of the incident, a molotov cocktail was allegedly lobbed into the double-storey house in Taman Suria Tropika, Sri Kembangan, yesterday afternoon.

However, the police have not confirmed this.

The source also did not rule out the possibility that it was an attempt to prevent the officer from carrying out his duties.

"It is likely a warning to him," the source told Malaysiakini.

According to the source, the officer and his family were not in the house when the upper floor caught fire at about 2.30pm.

The Fire and Rescue Department received a distress call at 2.55pm, and were able to contain the fire at 3.12pm.

In its report, the department said 80 percent of the second floor was razed although the ground floor remained unaffected.

Sepang district police chief Abdul Aziz Ali told Malaysiakini that police have received a report on the incident and are waiting for the Fire and Rescue Department's forensic report.

"The report is only that the house caught fire.

"We can only reclassify and investigate the case if there is a criminal element in the report provided by the Fire and Rescue Department's forensic investigation unit," he said.

Malaysiakini has contacted the Fire and Rescue Department for the updates of the forensic investigation. - Mkini