[UPDATED]: Local council officer arrested over alleged RM63,000 embezzlement

Selangor's MACC has apprehended a 40-year-old local council officer for allegedly embezzling RM63,000 from building plan processing fees, reports say. The woman was taken into custody at 10:30 AM on Tuesday as she arrived at the Selangor MACC office to file her statement. According to the initial probe, the officer committed the crime during 2022 and 2023 by creating false receipts for money received from building plan applications, which was never transferred to the revenue account of her workplace.

MACC director Mohd Azwan Ramli confirmed the arrest and said the case falls under Section 18 of the MACC Act, which deals with the use of documents containing false information with the intent to deceive. Conviction for the offense could result in up to 20 years imprisonment and a fine of at least five times the value of the false documents, or RM10,000, whichever is greater.