PETALING JAYA, June 1 — Graft busters have detained two police officers from the elite Special Task Force for Anti-Vice, Gambling and Gangsterism (STAGG) after they were found in possession of hundreds of thousands of ringgit.
A Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) source told Malay Mail that officers from the agency made the arrest at a vehicle workshop at around 1pm in Sunway yesterday.
“One of the suspects is an assistant commissioner while another is a lower ranked assistant superintendent.
“When the duo was picked up, authorities discovered cash amounting to RM341,000 and were subsequently led to one of the suspect’s safehouses,” the source said.
The sources added that additional cash between RM400,000 and RM700,000 was found in the senior officer’s condominium.
The source said both suspects were then brought to the STAGG office at the Police Training Centre and a search was conducted by MACC at around 6.40pm.
“An additional RM225,000 was found in the senior officer’s office, while tens of thousands were found stashed in the other suspect’s office,” it said.
The source of the money is being investigated.
