Commercial Crimes Investigation Department (CCID) director Datuk Ramli Yusoff was charged in the Sessions Court here Thursday with two counts of failing to make a full disclosure of his assets and another for involvement in business. [Bernama]
Ramli, 55, the country’s third highest ranking police officer hauled up to court by the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA), claimed trial to all the three charges.
In the first charge, he is alleged to have not declared an office lot located at a building in Megan Avenue II at Jalan Yap Kwan Seng here and another office lot on the same floor of the building.
The properties, worth about RM1 million, were held under the name of his two sisters — Rohmah @ Hasmah Yusoff, 58, and younger sister, Roslina Yusoff, who were directors of Bonus Circle Sdn Bhd, an investment holding company.
In the second charge, Ramli is alleged to have not declared the 154,000 shares he had in PERMAJU Industries Berhad, a property company.
For the third charge, Ramli, as a public officer and a police commissioner holding the post of Commercial Crimes Investigation Department director, was bound by the law not to be involved in business as stipulated under Regulation 5(1)(a) of the Public Officers Regulations (Conduct and Discipline) (Amendment) 2002 but was involved in business in his capacity as a director of Kinsajaya Sdn Bhd, a real estate company.
Ramli has claimed that he is being framed.
I hope ACA is doing thorough investigation on these matters, and not simply charging some VIPs because the election is near and the BN government wants to buy some votes for their pathetic anti-corruption effort.
I previously wrote about how ACA was doing amateur investigation and letting people off the hook rather easily… but doing amateur investigation and charging the wrong person is far worse than that.
I am not suggesting if Ramli is guilty or not… I just felt that a person with his experience in fighting commercial crimes should know better in hiding his assets and business involvements IF he does possesses. Having shares and businesses under his name is weird; it’s like inviting for charges.
Ramli has to be really stupid or arrogant to commit these mistakes… or perhaps there are other explanations for that.