Terengganu police chief Mazli Mazlan said the 36-year-old sergeant was arrested on Saturday after the police received a report from the victim, a civil servant, on the same day, while the 42-year-old senior officer was arrested the next day.

He said the 34-year-old victim claimed in his report to have been forcibly taken by the two suspects to a petrol station in Gong Badak to withdraw RM5,000 from an ATM, before handing over another RM150 to the suspects.

“The victim was afraid and complied with the suspects’ instructions. The suspects were on duty at the Kuala Terengganu police headquarters,” Mazli said in a statement.

He said the two suspects were found to be police officers following a scrutiny of closed circuit television recordings and through photo identification.

He said the sergeant was remanded for a week, while the senior police officer was remanded for four days, to assist in the investigation under Section 395 of the Penal Code for gang robbery.

“The Terengganu police seriously view any involvement of its officers and personnel in criminal cases. Appropriate investigations in accordance with the provisions of the law will be carried out, so that they can be brought to court,” he said, adding that both suspects had been suspended from duty.