ALOR STAR – The chairman of a cooperative in Kedah has been remanded for six days for investigation over alleged false claims in a RM20.3 million dairy cattle farming project in the state in 2015.
The remand order against the 57-year-old man was issued by Alor Star magistrate Muhammad Zul Hilmi Latif today following an application by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
According to a source from MACC, the man was arrested at about 3pm yesterday at the Kedah MACC office in connection with allegations claiming that several companies conspired to submit false claims for the project’s payment incentives in 2015.
“The dairy cattle farming project under the Dairy Cluster Entry Point Project 13 (EPP 13) of Economic Transformation Programme is worth RM20.3 million, and false claims were made to the Veterinary Services Department although no deliveries were made,” said the source.
Kedah MACC director Datuk Shaharom Nizam Abd Manap, when contacted by Bernama, confirmed the arrest and said the case was being investigated under Section 18 of the MACC Act 2009.
On January 11, a 51-year-old company director and a 52-year-old company owner were remanded for four days in connection with the same case. – Bernama, January 16, 2023
