MELAKA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has obtained a seven-day remand order against a father and son who are also senior officers at the Melaka Industrial Skills Development Centre (Misdec) to facilitate investigations into the possible abuse of their executive powers.
The remand order against the two suspects – the father, 76, a former executive director and son, 43, a manager with the administration and finance unit in Misdec – was issued by Melaka magistrate’s court assistant registration officer, Mohd Anuar Ostadi.
The remand order is to facilitate MACC’s investigations under Section 23 of the MACC Act 2009 for abuse of power for gratification.
Earlier, the duo arrived at the Melaka Court Complex at around 11.10am clad in orange T-shirts with the words ‘Lokap SPRM’ (MACC Lock-Up) escorted by MACC officers.
Yesterday, MACC arrested the duo for allegedly abused their powers and positions to transfer Misdec’s money into their private company’s account, which amounted to approximately RM4 million.
The alleged offence was carried out via several cheques between 2014 and 2015.
The anti-graft body also confiscated RM600,000 in Misdec’s account along with the company’s equipment and a four-wheel drive estimated to be worth RM350,000.
Misdec is a non-profit organisation established to provide industrial skills training programmes to enhance human resources skills and technology, where it receives funding from the Ministry of Human Resources and the Melaka government.
A source from MACC said the Human Resource Ministry and the Melaka government have allocated RM4.5 million to the centre but until now there have been no training programmes.
“The two suspects had set up a company and transferred almost all of the money into their company account for personal gain,” the MACC source said yesterday.
MACC deputy chief commissioner (Operations) Azam Baki yesterday confirmed the arrests and said the investigating team was still in the process of collecting evidence related to the case.