Three NGO officials and a company director detained for allegedly submitting false documents in a RM5 million basic food donation programme.

PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested three individuals, including the chairman and treasurer of a non-governmental organisation, for allegedly submitting false documents in a basic food donation programme worth approximately RM5 million.

A company director was also detained in the case, which is being investigated under Section 18 of the MACC Act 2009.

All three suspects, two men and a woman in their 30s, were arrested yesterday evening when they appeared to give statements at the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya.

A source said initial investigations found they were believed to have submitted documents containing false details with the intention of misleading the NGO.

“The NGO treasurer is also a director of the company involved,” the source added.

The suspects are alleged to have abetted the act from 2021 to 2023.

Magistrate Ezrene Zakariah at the Putrajaya Magistrate’s Court issued a four-day remand order against the trio until Saturday.

MACC Anti-Money Laundering Division director Datuk Norhaizam Muhammad confirmed the arrests when contacted.

 The Sun Malaysia