KOTA BARU: A Kelantan government department head was arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) for allegedly making false claims amounting to RM6,600, five years ago.
Sources said the man, in his 50s, was arrested today when he was summoned to the Kelantan MACC headquarters to have his statement recorded.
"The man was detained at the Kelantan MACC office about 3.30pm," said the sources.
Sources said the false claims, made in April, 2018, was related to his department's camping programme.
Meanwhile, Kelantan MACC director Rosli Husain when contacted confirmed the arrest.
He added that the case was being investigated under Section 18 of the MACC Act 2019, for providing documents such as receipts or invoices that are false or contains false details with the intention to deceive the principle (office).