KOTA BARU: A senior Kemubu Agriculture Development Authority (Kada) officer was arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) for allegedly filing false claims since last year.
Sources said the man, in his 40s, was arrested last night when he was summoned to the Kelantan MACC headquarters to have his statement recorded.
"The man was detained at the Kelantan MACC office about 9.30pm," said one source.
The source said the false claims, made last year and this year, were related to various Kada programmes.
Kelantan MACC director Rosli Husain, when contacted, confirmed the arrest.
He said MACC obtained a remand order against the senior officer this morning to facilitate investigations into the case.
The case is being investigated under Section 18 of the MACC Act 2019 for providing documents such as receipts or invoices that are false or contain false details with the intention to deceive.
