00:01A freelance preacher in his thirties has been remanded for five days over an investigation
00:07into the alleged misappropriation of about 12.3 million ringgit belonging to a non-governmental
00:14organisation.
00:15The suspect has been remanded until April 26 following a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission
00:22application on Wednesday.
00:24He was arrested on Tuesday night when he turned up to give his statement at the Negri
00:29Sembilan MACC office.
00:32Initial investigations revealed that the suspect, who is also the chairman of the NGO, is believed
00:39to have committed the offences between September 2022 and April 2026.
00:46He is suspected of abusing his position and conspiring with two other committee members
00:52to transfer approximately 12.3 million ringgit into his personal bank accounts as well as
00:59into accounts belonging to eight companies linked to him.
01:03The MACC had also frozen 15 bank accounts comprising three personal accounts, three NGO accounts
01:12and nine company accounts totalling 16.5 million ringgit and seized cash, foreign currency and
01:20luxury items including watches, handbags, jewellery and gold pieces worth approximately 74,000 ringgit.
01:29The case is being investigated under Section 23 of the MACC Act 2009.
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