Criminal Investigation Department director Abd Jalil Hassan said the senior officer was one of the three officers remanded by MACC earlier this month for allegedly misappropriating money classified as evidence and replacing it with counterfeit banknotes.

“Police confirm that a senior MACC officer suspected of being involved in the theft of case items worth US$6 million (RM25 million) was arrested on Sept 21,” he said.

“He was arrested with regards to the possession of dangerous drugs, firearms and bullets.”

Jalil added that the senior MACC officer was being investigated under Section 8(a) and Section 36 of the Firearms Act and Section 12(3) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.

He has been remanded until Saturday.

On Monday, MACC confirmed that three of its officers were remanded from Sept 14-19 to assist in investigations into allegations of abuse of power and malpractice, with the anti-graft agency stating that a thorough investigation was under way.

The Edisi Siasat blog had alleged that former Malaysian External Intelligence Organisation director-general Hasanah Abdul Hamid tried to reclaim US$6 million (RM25 million) in cash that was confiscated from a Cyberjaya apartment. She was granted a discharge not amounting to an acquittal in her criminal breach of trust case in April.

According to the blog, Hasanah had claimed that part of the cash was missing and had been replaced with counterfeit notes, and that she had made a report on the matter.