Seven of the suspects are bank officers while the other is a former bank officer.
Sabah MACC director Shaharom Nizam Abdul Manap said three of the suspects, aged between 25 and 27, were picked up on Sept 6 between 10.35pm and 10.47pm at the Starbucks 1Borneo Hypermall here.
He said they were detained after MACC received a report from a 33-year-old civil servant on Sept 2 at 10.50am that two bank officers had demanded RM7,000 from him to facilitate his loan application with the bank.
Shaharom Nizam said in a follow-up operation, a team of MACC officers raided the bank’s branch here and in Likas, and the house of one of the bank’s personnel here.
“As a result, a number of items were seized, such as a laptop, personal computer, six cellphones, a number of rubber stamps suspected to be fake and the bank’s personal loan forms,” he said in a statement here tonight.
According to Shaharom Nizam, the raid on the three premises and the seizures of numerous items brought the number of arrests involving bank officers to five more, aged between 26 and 29, yesterday (Sept 7).
He said the five men were detained between 7.47pm and 11.35pm at the Sabah MACC office.
Shaharom Nizam said the three individuals detained on Sept 6 were remanded for six days from yesterday, while the five others detained yesterday were remanded for seven days, starting today.