Remand extended for Datuk Seri in Penang undersea tunnel bribery case

PETALING JAYA (March 5): The remand on a businessman with a “Datuk Seri” title who had allegedly accepted RM19 million in bribes to stop investigations into the RM6.3 billion undersea tunnel project in Penang has been extended for another five days from tomorrow, reported Bernama.

The 37-year-old businessman had been remanded for six days since Feb 28. (Read the story here.)

Magistrate Nik Muizzuddin Nik Muhammad extended the remand order until March 10 following an application by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission.

Citing a source from the commission, the report said the businessman — whose wife is the head of a civil society organisation — was believed to have received the money in July and August last year from the multi-billion-ringgit project’s main contractor to end the investigation.