SEREMBAN, 7 Oct 2020:
Police arrested three men and a women, aged between 34 and 39, to facilitate investigation over the transfer of vehicle ownership of vehicles – allegedly using false documents.
Negeri Sembilan deputy police chief SAC Che Zakaria Othman said the four suspects were arrested at the Road Transport Department (RTD) office in Seremban and Jalan Sungai Alai, Melaka, on Sept 30 and yesterday.
He said they were arrested following two police reports lodged by RTD officers in Seremban and Kuala Pilah, on Sept 29 and Sept 30 respectively – who suspected the documents that were submitted to them for transfer of vehicle ownership were forged ones.
Following which, he said the police had opened two investigation papers on the case. He said the suspects included two brothers, while the woman is the wife of one of the suspects.
Che Zakaria said the arrest of the suspects led the police to a house in Melaka, where various items – including documents such as vehicle grants, vehicle registration number plates and stamps – were seized.
Also seized were a Perodua Bezza car and 14 motorcycles, he told a media conference at the Negeri Sembilan police contingent headquarters here today.
In ALOR SETAR, the managing director of a company in Selangor has been remanded for four days for allegedly making false claims under the Covid-19 wage subsidy scheme.
Alor Setar sessions court assistant registrar Wan Nor Fadzilah Wan Ibrahim issued the remand order against the 33-year-old suspect today.
The suspect, whose company conducts cleaning works, among others, was arrested at the Kedah Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office here at about 5.30pm yesterday.
His company is alleged to have received about RM400,000 in aid from the Social Security Organisation after he had submitted a false statement of accounts.
Kedah MACC director Datuk Shaharom Nizam Abd Manap confirmed the case, saying it is being investigated under Section 18 of the MACC Act 2009.
– Bernama