Senior police officer gave statement on money laundering case - MACC

The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), Thursday, confirmed that a senior police officer with the title 'Datuk' has given a statement, apparently over a RM6-million money-laundering case. MACC director of investigations Datuk Mustafa Ali said the police officer gave his statement at the MACC Putrajaya office last Tuesday.

"Actually, we called in the senior police officer to have his statement taken, and record a conversation.

"He cooperated well and we recorded the statement. No arrest was made," he said when met at a media conference on the Operations Evaluation Panel (PPO) at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Academy, here.

Mustafa declined to elaborate, however, on the corruption case as well as the claim of money having been found at the officer's house and whether other police officers would be called to assist in the investigation into the case.

A newspaper today reported that a senior police officer had been called to give a statement to assist the MACC in a case against three police officers over a RM6-million money-laundering case.

In November, the daily also reported that the three police officers, with the rank of DSP, ASP and Sergeant, were nabbed separately by the MACC and that during the arrests, the MACC found RM500,000 in cash, three Rolex watches as well as jewellery.

An initial investigation by the MACC revealed a money-laundering activity involving millions of ringgit, it said.

Two of the arrested officers had been transferred to Johor and the third, to Negeri Sembilan, it said, adding that one of the officers was suspected to have been involved in laundering RM1.7 million and another, RM4.3 million.