Published: Tuesday March 29, 2011 MYT 3:39:00 PM
Updated: Tuesday March 29, 2011 MYT 3:40:46 PM
Two senior Customs officers nabbed for corruption
By LOURDES CHARLES
KUALA LUMPUR: Two senior Customs officers have been arrested over money laundering activities and corruption involving billions of ringgit in unpaid taxes.
The arrests came after a massive nationwide operation involving several government agencies.
It is learnt that a high-powered task force comprising officers from Bank Negara, the Inland Revenue Board, Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and Attorney-General’s Chambers conducted simultaneous raids throughout the country over the last 48 hours.
Sources said more than 400 MACC officers were involved in the operation that saw hundreds of documents being seized.
The documents belonged to forwarding agents in several ports in Klang, Penang, Kuantan, Johor and Sabah.
The sources said the raiding team also seized several Customs computers besides freezing and seizing of hundreds of bank accounts belonging to agents and officers.
It is learnt Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail is personally supervising the operation from the legal aspect as investigations are also being carried out under the Anti-Money Laundering Act.
Hmm our AG is not all bad. :o . Thank You Tun.M for sowing the seed of corruption.
Not bad. At least they caught some small ‘fish’. I hope it is not a show just because general election is on the horizon. How about fishing for some big ‘shark’ esp. the ones over here in Sarawak. Go…go…get rid of corruption.
great! but at the end of the day, i think it will be like all the previous cases… …kesemua tertuduh dibebaskan atas kekurangan bukti dari pihak pendakwa.
[quote=“jengo”]great! but at the end of the day, i think it will be like all the previous cases… …kesemua tertuduh dibebaskan atas kekurangan bukti dari pihak pendakwa. :|[/quote]
you are right. In Miri, every month they come to my friends’ pubs to collect $$$. Hari Raya come again. Isteri-Anak birthday, datang lagi minta.
[quote=“jengo”]great! but at the end of the day, i think it will be like all the previous cases… …kesemua tertuduh dibebaskan atas kekurangan bukti dari pihak pendakwa. :|[/quote]
i guess what people saying sometime ago are real…Kalau Ada Sapu, Tak Ada Mintak
