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PUTRAJAYA (Feb 6): The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has obtained a five-day remand today for seven individuals, including a deputy general manager and a project director of a property developer, The Star Online reported.
They were held yesterday in Johor, Shah Alam, Klang and Melaka.
Yesterday, mStar reported that a 44-year-old deputy general manager of UEM Sunrise was detained at the commission’s Johor headquarters at about 3pm yesterday to assist investigations into alleged abuse of power involving suspicious transactions worth over RM2.4 million. (Read the story here.)
The MACC had also apprehended a 55-year-old project director and the deputy general manager’s 34-year-old personal assistant to facilitate investigations.
Magistrate Siti Nabilah Abd Rashid allowed the seven to be remanded for five days until Feb 10.
Early investigations by MACC has revealed that the deputy general manager and the project director had allegedly awarded a landscaping project worth RM44 million to eight companies, reported The Star Online.
They allegedly solicited for bribes to ensure the contractors would receive full payment for monthly claims.
Bernama, citing a source, said suspicious monies amounting to over RM2.4 million were deposited into a bank account under the deputy general manager and his wife from the eight contracting companies via four proxies.
The MACC had frozen 15 accounts belonging to the deputy general manager and the contracting companies in connection with the case, reported Bernama.
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