KUALA LUMPUR: A former director of an education centre at a public higher learning institution (IPTA), who holds the title Datuk, has been remanded for five days on suspicion of misusing about RM1 million in funds for personal gain.
Magistrate Ezrene Zakaria granted the commission’s remand request until April 19 at Putrajaya Magistrates’ Court this morning.
According to sources, the suspect, a man in his 60s, was arrested around 8:00 pm on Tuesday as he gave a statement at MACC headquarters in Putrajaya.
Initial investigations show the suspect allegedly committed the offence between 2023 and 2025 while serving as a director of the institution.
“The suspect is believed to have interests in a company directly involved with the education centre and used the funds for personal gain,” the sources said.
The sources also revealed that MACC has frozen four bank accounts, one company account and three individual accounts, totalling about RM600,000.
MACC Investigation Division’s Deputy Senior Director (Operations Control and Coordination), Datuk Yuhafiz Mohd Salleh, confirmed the arrest and said the probe centres on criminal breach of trust and misconduct under Section 23 of the MACC Act 2009. – BERNAMA
