The MACC detained three MACC officers for allegedly misappropriating funds connected to a case involving the country’s former spymaster and they are accused of replacing some of the stolen cash with counterfeit currency.
The officers, who were detained last week, had allegedly stolen a portion of US$6 million (S$8.1 million) seized from the former director-general of the local spy agency.
The agency is called Malaysian External Intelligence Organisation (MEIO) and the head was Datuk Hasanah Abdul Hamid.
The former spy chief was charged in 2018 with a criminal breach of trust involving RM50.4 million (S$16.3 million) belonging to the government.
