KUALA LUMPUR: This year alone, 290 lawyers have been investigated for various offences such as fraud, breach of trust, as well as falsifying documents and affidavits.
From the total, 35 lawyers have already been arrested for the offences, said Bukit Aman commercial crime deputy director, Datuk Nooryah Anvar.
She said Selangor made up the highest number of lawyers arrested, with 10, followed by Johor (eight), KL (four), Kedah (four), Perak (three), Negri Sembilan (three), Penang (two), and Malacca with one arrest made.
She said the latest arrest was made this morning in Bandar Sunway, where a 50-year-old lawyer was nabbed for a fraud case involving a land deal in KL worth RM15 million.
She said the lawyer was detained at 8am and will be charged at the Jalan Duta court late this afternoon. She declined to elaborate on the suspect.
Nooryah, however, ruled out that the lawyers were connected to the suspected murder of cosmetics millionaire Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya and three others.
"No, they were arrested for fraud and falsified documents. They have nothing to do with the murder case," she said.
