Father and son nabbed for allegedly syphoning RM4 million

The Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC) today nabbed two senior officials of Malacca Industrial Skills Development Centre (MISDEC) for allegedly syphoning RM4 million allocated for the college development.

MACC deputy chief commissioner (operations) Datuk Azam Baki when contacted, confirmed the arrest.

He said his officers are still in the midst of gathering more information.

The two officials, a man and his son, are expected to be brought to the Ayer Keroh court tomorrow for a remand order.

The case is being investigated under Section 23 MACC Act 2009.

According to sources, the suspects, an executive manager and finance department manager had allegedly abused their powers by approving the transfer of RM4 million from MISDEC's account to their personal accounts between 2014 and 2015.

They were arrested in Melaka on Tuesday and the MACC had frozen almost RM600,000 in the account of a company owned by them.

A four-wheel drive vehicle was also seized.

The centre, a non-governmental organisation had received RM4.5 million from the Human Resources Ministry and state government to build an industrial skills college.

However, the project never took off.

Initial investigations found the suspects had formed a company and channeled almost all the allocated funds into it for their personal use.