KOTA BARU: Kelantan police have launched its own probe against two of its men, who were arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) for soliciting and receiving bribes recently.
State deputy police chief deputy commissioner Mohd Ali Tamby said the internal investigation was conducted soon after the two were arrested on Monday night.
However, he said police have yet to take further action against them.
"We will only take action after MACC completes its probe into the case. At the moment, let the MACC carry out its investigation first," he said when contacted."
It was reported yesterday that two enforcement officers were arrested by MACC on Monday night for soliciting and receiving bribes totalling RM23,000 from two suspected drug addicts.
It is learned that both suspects were policemen attached to the Kota Baru district police station here.
The first suspect, 43, was arrested at his workplace in Pengkalan Chepa at 10.30pm for allegedly asking and accepting RM13,000 from a suspected drug offender in exchange not to charge the latter under Section 39C of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.
About 40 minutes later, the MACC picked up the second suspect from the same place.
The second suspect, 29, was arrested for allegedly accepting RM10,000 from the same suspected drug offender as an inducement not to charge the latter under the same Act.
Both suspects have been remanded to facilitate investigation into the case under Section 17(a) of the MACC Act 2009.
