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KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Bukit Aman’s Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) is ready to cooperate fully with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in its investigation into its staff’s involvement in a gambling and money laundering online.
Its director, Datuk Zainuddin Yaacob, said the department would not attempt to protect its staff if they were suspected of being involved in such activities.
“I will not commit myself to the cases that are being investigated by certain parties. I will not protect them,” he told Bernama when he met on Tuesday (October 13).
He added that his department was ready to assist with the investigation process, including obtaining information and conducting further investigations if the MACC needed his assistance.
He added that the CCID was also involved in the investigation into the online gambling and money laundering syndicate through its team investigating crimes under the Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA).
The union is believed to also involve celebrities and police officers.
On Sunday, Bernama reported that the seven police officers who were sent to pretrial detention to assist with the investigation into the online gambling and money laundering syndicate were released on MACC bail.
Immediately after their release, they were detained by the Bukit Aman CID on the same day to assist with the investigation under the Crime Prevention Act of 1959 after the case was classified as a syndicated crime and those involved were suspected of abuse of power. as well as protecting the union and receiving bonuses in the form of cash and other items.
On October 8, MACC Chief Commissioner Datuk Seri Azam Baki said that he had detected hundreds of shell companies created to help the union evade detection by the authorities.
The MACC also seized 23 luxury vehicles of various makes, as well as several high-performance motorcycles owned by union members. – Bernama
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