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PUTRAJAYA: An alleged member of a Macau online gambling and scam syndicate who was out on bail from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) disappeared to avoid being arrested again by the police.
The suspect and eight other people who had been in pretrial detention for a few days were taken to Magistrates Court on October 11 to be released and then taken back to MACC headquarters to post bail and other documentation.
The sources said that upon seeing the presence of police officers at the MACC premises, the suspects had refused to leave their vehicles.
The police were there to re-arrest the suspects and assist them in their investigations into the same case.
The source said that after a discussion between MACC officers, the police, and the suspects’ lawyers, the police agreed to wait outside the main gate of the MACC headquarters.
After completing the bail and documentation process, all the suspects were released and boarded four luxury minivans for departure.
“All vehicles would have to go through the front door, where the suspects were again arrested by the police,” the source told The Star on Thursday (October 15).
The source said one of the suspects was turned over to his lawyer after his bail process was completed and they were seen getting into the minivan.
“However, on the way to the front door, the suspect may have gotten out of the vehicle and fled with the help of two other bodyguards to avoid being detained again by the police,” the source said.
Police stopped the vehicle he was supposed to be in and could not find him.
CCTV footage showed that he had climbed through a side door with the help of two bodyguards and another car was seen waiting by the roadside to help him flee the scene.
The MACC had questioned more than a dozen people, including senior police officers in its investigations into an online gambling syndicate and scams in Macau, who are believed to have received protection from certain authorities.
Hundreds of accounts with millions of ringgit have been frozen while a fleet of luxury cars has been seized in the course of the investigation.
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