The claims were made for the procurement of a maintenance contract for the Command & Control, Communication & Computer Integration (C4i) system.

According to a source from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, five men and one woman, aged between 30 and 50, were detained at about 8pm yesterday while giving their statements at the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya.

The Putrajaya magistrates’ court granted a seven-day remand order this morning, effective until April 30.

“A preliminary investigation suggests that the suspects colluded to submit false claims of RM15 million between 2022 and 2025.

“Some components under the support services were not carried out as stipulated in the contract,” the source said, adding that the RM70 million C4i contract was awarded to the police and managed by the home ministry.

The source also said the MACC raided 15 locations in Johor, Selangor, Putrajaya and Kuala Lumpur, including ministry premises and company offices.

Four luxury vehicles worth about RM1.3 million were seized, along with 51 frozen bank accounts – 30 belonging to individuals and 21 linked to 10 companies – with total assets estimated at RM3.5 million.

The MACC also seized cash totalling about RM9,000, along with US$88, 2,340 Saudi riyals, 1,789 Qatari riyals, 15,055 dirhams, and 21,219 Kazakhstani tenge, as well as nine mobile phones, the source added.

MACC’s senior director of special operations, Zamri Zainul Abidin, confirmed the arrests.

He said the case is being investigated under Section 18 of the MACC Act 2009 and Section 4(1) of the Anti-Money Laundering Act (Amla).