THE Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested a former Selangor assemblyman from DAP for allegedly submitting false claims amounting to more than RM30,000.
A source said the 41-year-old man was arrested at the Selangor MACC office at 3pm today, and is expected to be charged under Section 18 of the MACC Act 2009 at the Shah Alam Sessions Court tomorrow.
He had allegedly submitted false claims for two community programmes in 2015 that were never implemented β a Tanglung festival (RM20,000) and Teachers’ Day event (RM13,380).
State MACC director Alias Salim confirmed the arrest.
The MACC headquarters, in a statement, said the agency has gotten the go-ahead to press charges against the suspect at 9am tomorrow. β January 23, 2019.
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