Five remanded over RM600,000 false claims involving BTN Sarawak
KUCHING: A magistrate's court here yesterday granted a fiveday remand on five individuals, including two senior National Civics Bureau (BTN) officers, who are suspected of falsifying claims amounting to RM600,000.
The remand order is to facilitate Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in its further probe into the case.
The suspects – three men and two women aged between 34 and 55 – were arrested at the office of MACC Sarawak here on Tuesday after having their statements recorded.
Three of them were previously attached to BTN Sarawak but have since either retired or been transferred out.
The five are suspected to have collaborated with 43 companies from all over Sarawak by falsifying claims in 2016 for works worth between RM2,000 to RM6,000 each.
The payments were made to the accounts of several accounts, with the five profiting from the companies that they chose.
It is alleged that about 70 per cent of the services and supplies purportedly done by the companies were either nonexistent or not carried out.
The five are also said to have control over the BTN Sarawak account and allegedly used the money for personal purposes.
The case has been classified under Section 18 of the MACC Act 2009.