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ALOR SETAR (Bernama): A police inspector stationed in Penang has been in pretrial detention for four days from Wednesday (December 2) to assist in an investigation into a case of abuse of his office for personal gain at the end of last September.
Kedah Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Director Datuk Shaharom Nizam Abd Manap said the act was suspected of having been committed by the 33-year-old to tarnish the reputation of another police officer with inspector rank by proximity charges. .
“The suspect, along with another police inspector and a civilian, is believed to be involved in this case by conspiring with a 16-year-old girl to catch the inspector.
“The suspect asked the girl to help him lure the inspector to a hotel room in Georgetown, Penang. When they were in the room together, the suspect informed the religious office to conduct a raid for a nearby case,” he said . in a statement Thursday (December 3).
Shaharom Nizam said the suspect was believed to have promised the girl RM3,000 and would not take action against the girl, who was previously detained in connection with ecstasy pills, in exchange for her role.
It said the suspect was arrested at the MACC office on Tuesday (December 1) at 7.21pm and that the case was being investigated under Section 16 (b) (A) of the MACC Act of 2009.
Meanwhile, his accomplices, the inspector and the civilian, aged 30 and 32 respectively, who were also detained by the MACC, were released on MACC bail.
They were detained separately on Wednesday and yesterday, at 7:35 p.m. and 1:00 p.m., respectively. – Bernama
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