KOTA KINABALU: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has apprehended two more bank officers in connection with a racket involving the falsification of documents used for loan applications with banks here.
Their arrest follows the nabbing of eight people in a dragnet carried out between Sept 6 and Sept 8.
Out of the total of 10 currently held, nine people are from the same bank, while another is a former bank officer.
State MACC director Datuk Shaharom Nizam Abdul Manap said the two men most recently caught were arrested at the commission’s office here on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The suspects, aged 25 and 29, were held for allegedly falsifying housing tenancy agreements, vehicle loan agreements, salary slips and back account statements of applicants seeking personal loans.
“Investigations are continuing into the case. We are now compiling details of the number of applicants and amount involved,” he said.
So far, two officers from Bank Rakyat have been charged with accepting gratification at the Sessions Court here on Monday. Both claimed trial.
They were held at a shopping mall here after a report was lodged by a civil servant on Sept 2 claiming two officers demanded RM7,000 from him to facilitate his loan application.