Senior TV executive from Sarawak and another remanded in money laundering probe

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A 61-year-old senior executive of a local television station and another individual have been remanded for two days as part of an investigation into money laundering and criminal breach of trust.   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/3pjs6mte  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A 61-year-old senior executive from a local television station and a woman have been remanded

00:07for two days as part of an ongoing investigation into money laundering and criminal breach

00:13of trust.

00:14The suspects are expected to be transferred to Kuala Lumpur on Sunday for further questioning.

00:20The duo were among five individuals arrested during Ops Regatta on Friday, an operation

00:26led by the Inspector General of Police Secretariat's Anti-Money Laundering Division.

00:32The other detainees include three men, bringing the total number of suspects to four men and

00:37one woman, aged between 25 and 61.

00:41Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Razzaroodin Hussain stated that the arrests were made

00:46under Section 4, Subsection 1 of the Anti-Money Laundering Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds

00:53of Unlawful Activities Act.

00:56Investigators uncovered suspicious financial transactions between 2017 and 2023, allegedly

01:03linked to the illegal awarding of project tenders.

01:07Authorities have seized a range of assets, including documents, vehicles and bank accounts,

01:12with a combined value exceeding 17 million ringgit.

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