KUALA LUMPUR: A senior police officer at Bukit Aman is being investigated by the Anti-Corruption Agency for abuse of power and failing to declare RM27 million worth of assets.
It is understood that the officer is also a company director and the RM27 million fortune was amassed illegally.
Sources familiar with the case said ACA officers from Putrajaya took a statement from the officer at his office yesterday.
"The officer, who is in his 50s, is a director of a company which was awarded a project in April to develop an area in Lahad Datu," a source said.
"Several villagers voiced their opposition to the project when the company staff went to the area to do surveying work.
"The police officer allegedly ordered the villagers to be arrested," the source added.
The ACA started its investigation following an anonymous telephone call about two weeks ago.
This led to the discovery of the officer’s assets.
The officer is being investigated for failing to declare his position as a director in a company, failing to declare RM27 million worth of assets and properties accumulated over an undisclosed period of time and alleged abuse of power.
"As a public or government servant, the wealth amassed by this police officer is quite excessive and the ACA would like an explanation," the source said.
On July 18, the deputy public prosecutor issued a letter under Section 32 of the Anti-Corruption Act 1997 to the police officer giving him 30 days to declare his assets.
There is also a subsection under Section 32 which makes it an offence for failing to make a declaration after the expiry of the 30 days.
"It is quite obvious at present that this police officer has been living beyond his means and the ACA will continue to probe until there is a satisfactory answer or explanation," the source said.
At present, the police officer has not been detained nor have his assets been frozen, he added.
Source: The New Straits Times
HIS ONE DIDN'T GET AWAY: It was a whopper that Ipoh restaurant owner Teoh Ooi Kui knew he must have for his kitchen pot. Teoh, 60, said he paid RM3,000 for the 1.8m black kerapu, which was caught off the Pantai Remis coast. He estimated that the fish portions could fill the bellies of 400 patrons. “It is about 30 years old and it is really difficult to catch a fish of this size as they tend to keep to the deeper parts of the ocean.”
Source of Picture: The New Straits Times (28/7/2007)
Update:
A HIGH-RANKING police officer at the centre of an Anti-Corruption Agency probe for undeclared assets worth about RM27 million, had allegedly played the role of ‘godfather’ to an oil palm plantation company in Sabah.
As he was a director of the company holding almost 5,000 shares, he was said to have used his influence in the force to act as an ‘enforcer’ for the company.
The man, in his 50s, is believed to head a department at the Federal police headquarters in Bukit Aman.
In early June, he allegedly used ‘godfather’ tactics when villagers prevented the company’s surveyors from carrying out work at 1,200 acres of land in Kampung Lok Buani, near Tanjung Labian, Lahad Datu.
It is learnt that as a result, the police officer was said to have instructed a Kota Kinabalu CID officer to detain the village headman, identified as Roslan Hamid, 42, for seven hours at the Lahad Datu police station.
The officer resorted to this after Lahad Datu policemen refused to heed his instruction to arrest Roslan.
A planter, E. Hassnar, said the villagers had lived in the area for more than 50 years and even applied for ownership.
Unfortunately, he said, their application for ownership was not entertained by the authorities.
“Recently, the company informed the villagers that Kampung Lok Buani would be demolished on Aug 31.
“Since then, they (villagers) have been guarding their land round-the-clock and are living in fear of an uncertain future.
“What they want is justice, and they have even sent a letter to the Chief Minister’s Office for his speedy intervention,” Hassnar said yesterday.
A check with the Companies Commission of Malaysia revealed that the police officer was appointed a director of the company on April 25 last year.
A CCM source said that it was against the law for a civil servant to hold a post in a company, as in this case, the police officer was still in service.
Two days ago, a media report said the officer is being investigated for failing to declare his position as a director in a company, and failing to declare RM27 million worth of assets and properties.
On July 18, the deputy public prosecutor issued a letter, under Section 32 of the Anti-Corruption Act 1997, to the police officer to declare his assets in 30 days.
Source: The Malay Mail
Sources familiar with the case said ACA officers from Putrajaya took a statement from the officer at his office yesterday.
"The officer, who is in his 50s, is a director of a company which was awarded a project in April to develop an area in Lahad Datu," a source said.
"Several villagers voiced their opposition to the project when the company staff went to the area to do surveying work.
The ACA started its investigation following an anonymous telephone call about two weeks ago.
This led to the discovery of the officer’s assets.
The officer is being investigated for failing to declare his position as a director in a company, failing to declare RM27 million worth of assets and properties accumulated over an undisclosed period of time and alleged abuse of power.
"As a public or government servant, the wealth amassed by this police officer is quite excessive and the ACA would like an explanation," the source said.
On July 18, the deputy public prosecutor issued a letter under Section 32 of the Anti-Corruption Act 1997 to the police officer giving him 30 days to declare his assets.
There is also a subsection under Section 32 which makes it an offence for failing to make a declaration after the expiry of the 30 days.
"It is quite obvious at present that this police officer has been living beyond his means and the ACA will continue to probe until there is a satisfactory answer or explanation," the source said.
At present, the police officer has not been detained nor have his assets been frozen, he added.
Source: The New Straits Times
This Smells Really Fishy
HIS ONE DIDN'T GET AWAY: It was a whopper that Ipoh restaurant owner Teoh Ooi Kui knew he must have for his kitchen pot. Teoh, 60, said he paid RM3,000 for the 1.8m black kerapu, which was caught off the Pantai Remis coast. He estimated that the fish portions could fill the bellies of 400 patrons. “It is about 30 years old and it is really difficult to catch a fish of this size as they tend to keep to the deeper parts of the ocean.”
Source of Picture: The New Straits Times (28/7/2007)
Update:
Top cop alleged to be plantation’s godfather
A HIGH-RANKING police officer at the centre of an Anti-Corruption Agency probe for undeclared assets worth about RM27 million, had allegedly played the role of ‘godfather’ to an oil palm plantation company in Sabah.
As he was a director of the company holding almost 5,000 shares, he was said to have used his influence in the force to act as an ‘enforcer’ for the company.
The man, in his 50s, is believed to head a department at the Federal police headquarters in Bukit Aman.
In early June, he allegedly used ‘godfather’ tactics when villagers prevented the company’s surveyors from carrying out work at 1,200 acres of land in Kampung Lok Buani, near Tanjung Labian, Lahad Datu.
It is learnt that as a result, the police officer was said to have instructed a Kota Kinabalu CID officer to detain the village headman, identified as Roslan Hamid, 42, for seven hours at the Lahad Datu police station.
The officer resorted to this after Lahad Datu policemen refused to heed his instruction to arrest Roslan.
A planter, E. Hassnar, said the villagers had lived in the area for more than 50 years and even applied for ownership.
Unfortunately, he said, their application for ownership was not entertained by the authorities.
“Recently, the company informed the villagers that Kampung Lok Buani would be demolished on Aug 31.
“Since then, they (villagers) have been guarding their land round-the-clock and are living in fear of an uncertain future.
“What they want is justice, and they have even sent a letter to the Chief Minister’s Office for his speedy intervention,” Hassnar said yesterday.
A check with the Companies Commission of Malaysia revealed that the police officer was appointed a director of the company on April 25 last year.
A CCM source said that it was against the law for a civil servant to hold a post in a company, as in this case, the police officer was still in service.
Two days ago, a media report said the officer is being investigated for failing to declare his position as a director in a company, and failing to declare RM27 million worth of assets and properties.
On July 18, the deputy public prosecutor issued a letter, under Section 32 of the Anti-Corruption Act 1997, to the police officer to declare his assets in 30 days.
Source: The Malay Mail
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