JOHOR BARU – Johor Baru City Council Mayor Datuk Adib Azhari Daud has been remanded for three days starting today to assist in the investigation into a graft case.
Magistrate Mohd Zulhilmi Ibrahim allowed the remand application by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), when the 60-year-old man was brought to the Johor Baru magistrates’ court today.
The case is being investigated under Section 17(a) of the MACC Act 2009.
The suspect, handcuffed and dressed in the orange MACC lock-up garb, arrived at the court at about 9am and was accompanied by MACC officers.
Adib, who is the former mayor of Iskandar Puteri City Council (MBIP) and now helms the Johor Baru City Council, was arrested at 3pm yesterday at the Johor MACC office on suspicion of accepting bribes from contractors while serving at MBIP.
The alleged crime took place before November 2019.
Adib was made Johor Baru mayor on November 17 the same year. – Bernama, August 11, 2021
