Datuk’ held over housing project cheating case

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 12): The police have arrested a man with a ‘Datuk’ title in connection with the 1Malaysia Affordable Housing Project involving a loss of RM9.3 million which was offered by a property development cooperative, Bernama reported yesterday

The Datuk was held when he surrendered himself at about 3pm on Thursday, at the Subang Jaya police headquarters, said Subang Jaya police chief ACP Mohamad Azlin Sadari.

“We received a complaint from the victim, who is a company director who had made a performance bond payment to get the job offer for the project,” he said in a statement here yesterday, Bernama reported.

Mohamad Azlin added that the victim had withdrawn from the project after being told that the suspect had left the cooperative and did not communicate with the representative of the cooperative for almost a year. The victim failed to get a refund.

Another man is also being tracked down in connection with the same case.

Mohamad Azlin said 11 investigation papers were opened on both suspects in related cases in Subang Jaya, Petaling Jaya and Dang Wangi.

He said the suspect was remanded until today and the case is being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating.