Four men in remand for impersonating as MACC officers, DPP

 

Four men were arrested by the MACC for impersonating as its senior officers and also as deputy public prosecutor to solicit bribes, purportedly to help settle cases being investigated by the commission.

Three of them, including the mastermind, known as “Dato Roy”, who claimed to be an MACC director, were arrested in an operation at a hotel in Putrajaya at about 4.30pm yesterday.

The fourth suspect was arrested at his house in Malacca at 8.30pm yesterday.

The four suspects, aged between 39 and 54, included a company owner and a company director. They are in remand for six days until Dec 22 to facilitate MACC’s investigation.

The remand order was issued today by magistrate Shah Wira Abdul Halim in Putrajaya.

According to an MACC source, the four men were said to have solicited a bribe, allegedly to change to a lighter offence the charge made against the complainant in the case, as well as to lift the freeze on their bank accounts that were frozen by the commission.

"Intelligence results found that members of the group entered the compound of the MACC headquarters to take pictures of them to convince victims that they are MACC officers," said the source, adding that their movement was recorded by the closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera at the MACC headquarters.

The source said the MACC has ascertained the identity of a woman, who is a member of the group, to assist in the investigation and is tracking her down.

MACC Intelligence director Azmi Kamaruzaman, who confirmed the arrests, said the case is being investigated under Section 16 of the MACC Act.

He advised the public to be wary of individuals impersonating as MACC officers to solicit bribes purportedly to help to solve MACC cases.

- Bernama