A company director and an association president were among 22 individuals detained by the MACC in operations carried out in seven states on Thursday to assist in the investigations into the misappropriation of funds from the Malaysian Indian Community Transformation Unit (Mitra).

According to MACC sources, the 22, who also comprised the secretaries of associations and organisations, were arrested in operations carried out in Perak, Selangor, Kedah, Johor, Kuala Lumpur, Negeri Sembilan and Malacca.

Six of the individuals arrested on Thursday have...