POLICE are almost done with their probe into 13 people, including seven cops, who allegedly robbed a money changer in Kuala Lumpur two weeks ago.

Dang Wangi district police chief Mohd Fahmi Visuvanathan Abdullah told The Malaysian Insight that once the investigation papers are completed, they will be sent to the deputy public prosecutor for further action.

“For now, the seven police personnel have been released and are continuing their duties while waiting for the IPs to be completed.”

He said all the suspects were released on bail after their remand orders ended last week.

Meanwhile, Selangor police chief Noor Azam Jamaludin said the seven officers are allowed to work desk jobs, with no interaction with the public, until they are charged in court.

“If they are charged in court, only then will they be suspended, as per provisions under the Public Officers (Conduct and Discipline) Regulations 1993.”

On May 21, the officers in question were detained at the Mutiara Damansara police station for allegedly attempting to extort RM204,000 from the money changer.

Kuala Lumpur police chief Mazlan Lazim has said the force is treating the case seriously, and vowed there will be no compromise with the cops involved.

He said four civilians, including a Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) staff member, were also arrested on suspicion of abetting the officers in the case.

Of the two inspectors detained, one is from the police technical college in Muar, Johor, while the other is from the Petaling Jaya district police headquarters’ narcotics criminal investigation division.

Mazlan said the other officers are rank-and-file personnel, with three from the Sea Park police station, and one each from the Petaling Jaya station and city traffic station.

The money changer said a group of men, allegedly from the Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department and BNM, came to his premises on the pretext of conducting an inspection due to the business supposedly operating without a licence.

The money changer said he and his four employees were handcuffed, and their cell phones and RM4,000 from the security deposit box were seized.

Mazlan said the suspects allegedly asked for RM200,000 to release the money changer and his employees.

“They got scared and handed over the money as requested.”

The Malaysian Insight has learnt that the act was caught on a closed-circuit television camera on the money changer’s premises. – June 4, 2019.