PUTRAJAYA: Graft investigators have remanded a senior police officer and a policeman who are believed to have taken bribes to protect illegal activities around Kuala Lumpur.
A three-day remand order was issued by Senior Assistant Registrar Nurul Farhana Mohd Najib for the main suspect.
The second suspect was remanded for a day following an application by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday (March 24) for both suspects.
It is learnt that the officer, who was in his 40s, was believed to have been accepting bribes from 2021 until recently from syndicates.
Sources said initial investigations showed that the officer had received cash as a reward to protect illegal activities involving gambling, gangsterism and vice that were carried out around Kuala Lumpur.
"The suspect’s arrest led to the discovery of cash worth more than RM1.2mil in premises owned by the suspect.
"The officer was arrested in Putrajaya on Saturday (March 23). The second suspect, who is the officer’s subordinate, was arrested on the same day in Kuala Lumpur," a source said.
MACC director of intelligence Datuk Zainul Darus confirmed the arrests.
He said that investigations were ongoing to determine others who were involved in the case.
It was earlier reported that a senior police officer from the Kuala Lumpur police headquarters was detained by the MACC for allegedly taking bribes.
The officer had allegedly taken bribes so that action would not be taken against certain illegal activities.
Messages on Telegram claimed that investigators had seized over RM2.5mil in cash from a safe house at a luxury condominium in Kuala Lumpur.
The message also claimed that over RM4mil worth of property had been found.
Kuala Lumpur police chief Comm Datuk Allaudeen Abdul Majid was quoted as saying that police were waiting for the MACC to conclude its investigation and that the police would proceed from there.
