A source from MACC said two of the three officers were called in on Monday and Tuesday, and the third, a Felda senior officer, today.

“Today, we called in a senior Felda officer to record his statement and obtain several documents to help in the investigation,” he told Bernama today.

The source said no Felda officers had been arrested so far.

“‘Ops Tanah Haram’ has been ongoing since Monday, with inquiries into several agencies and other entities believed to have conspired to sell Felda land,” he said.

According to the source, the probe included the freezing of 200 bank accounts, worth more than RM28 million, including fake Felda bank accounts.

Meanwhile, MACC anti-money laundering division director Zamri Zainul Abidin confirmed the case, adding that it is being investigated under Section 16(a)(A) of the MACC Act 2009 and the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorist Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001.

“MACC will work with Felda to resolve this issue in the public interest,” he said.

Yesterday, Felda said it had no information on any land owned by the agency changing ownership or being sold to any party in Melaka by the syndicate, but will give full cooperation to the authorities.

On Tuesday, the media reported that MACC had arrested eight people, including three brokers, company directors and two members of the public, aged 20 to 50, in Kuala Lumpur and Sabah, for accepting bribes of almost RM2 million from a group that sold land belonging to Felda in Melaka.