MACC seeks UK firm's help to check if fireproof suits fake
MACC is in the process of determining if the 6,000 fireproof suits worth RM13.5 million obtained by the Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) in 2016 are fake.
According to sources, the commission received information that the suits were not from a UK-based manufacturer, from whom it was alleged that the items originated from...
MACC is in the process of determining if the 6,000 fireproof suits worth RM13.5 million obtained by the Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) in 2016 are fake.
According to sources, the commission received information that the suits were not from a UK-based manufacturer, from whom it was alleged that the items originated.
"MACC is trying to get (the company) in the UK to conduct a forensic (analysis).
"We need to do a comparison (between the suits supplied by the manufacturer and the suits received by the department).
“This is because there is a claim that the suits were not those supplied (by the manufacturer),” the source told Malaysiakini.
The source was commenting on the legal mutual assistance MACC is seeking from the UK over the case.
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Yesterday, it was reported that MACC seized the suits in 2017.
The seizure was made after the Chemistry Department revealed that the suits were unsafe and did not comply with the standards of the Fire and Rescue Department.
Checks by Malaysiakini on the list of tender decisions by the Housing and Local Government Ministry in 2016 found that only one company was awarded the project to supply the suits that year.
It stated that the ministry made the decision in a meeting on June 10, 2016, to award the project to the private limited company, whose registered address is in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur.
The exact amount for the tender was RM13,590,000, or RM2,265 for each of the suits.
