KUALA LUMPUR – Eight individuals including a company’s top executives have been detained by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in connection with a RM2.3 billion graft case involving a government-linked company (GLC).
The New Straits Times reported that the suspects, aged between 35 and 45, include a chief executive officer, chief operating officer, director, executive director and the company’s owner.
The remand order against the suspect was obtained today at two separate magistrates’ courts in Putrajaya and Kuching, Sarawak.
Magistrate Shah Wira Abdul Hamid in the former granted remand orders of between four and five days against six suspects, while magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi in the latter issued two to five days remands for two suspects.
The news site added that the suspects were detained at the MACC headquarters in each state, with a source privy to the investigation disclosing that they were allegedly involved in corruption linked to projects belonging to the GLC between 2017 and 2021. – The Vibes, April 8, 2022
