KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 5 -- A police officer and several personnel from the Bachok district police headquarters are being investigated following allegations that they extorted RM6,000 from the mother of a drug suspect last month.

According to Berita Harian, Kelantan police chief Datuk Mohd Yusoff Mamat said an internal investigation was launched on December 30 immediately after the allegations surfaced.

"The officer and personnel involved are alleged to have demanded money and threatened the suspect's mother into handing over the sum," he said when contacted by the national daily today.

Mohd Yusoff said investigations were ongoing and that any further action would be determined once the probe is completed.

He stressed that the police woul...