KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has frozen a total of RM36mil in bank accounts belonging to a gas station operator and two enforcement officers in its investigation into a syndicate smuggling subsidised diesel in Sibu, Sarawak.
According to sources, the action was taken following an operation, Ops Liter, conducted in Sibu last Sunday, which targeted a syndicate involved in misappropriating diesel meant for fishermen’s associations, as well as alleged malpractices by enforcement personnel.
“This followed the arrest of two siblings, who are gas station operators, as well as an enforcement assistant and a director of an enforcement agency in Kuching.“The two brothers, who were remanded for four days, have been released on bail,” a source told Bernama yesterday.
When contacted, MACC senior director (Special Operations Division) Datuk Azmi Kamaruzaman confirmed the freezing of the accounts involving the amount and said the case is being investigated under Section 16(b)(B) of the MACC Act 2009.
The subsidised diesel smuggling syndicate is believed to have been active since 2012.
