Macc Remands Datuk Three Others Over Bribery Rm2 6mil In False Claims

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The suspects being led to a Putrajaya Magistrate's Court on Thursday. - Photo courtesy of Sinar Harian.
PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has remanded four individuals, comprising two company directors, one of whom holds the title "Datuk", and two senior vice-presidents of the company, Malay language daily Sinar Harian reports.
Sources told Sinar Harian that all were detained on suspicion of involvement in bribery and submitting false claims involving company funds of about RM2.6mil.
The source said the male suspect, who holds the title "Datuk", has been remanded for five days until Monday (Feb 17), while the other three suspects, involving two men and a woman holding director and senior vice-president positions, respectively, have been remanded for four days until Sunday (Feb 16).
"The remand was given after Magistrate Irza Zulaikha Rohanuddin approved the MACC's application at a Putrajaya Magistrate's Court on Thursday (Feb 13).
"The suspect with the title "Datuk" is believed to have conspired with one of the suspects, who is also a company director, to offer a bribe in order to secure a land sale tender," the source told Sinar Harian on Thursday.
According to the source, the bribe money received was used to pay an officer of a multinational conglomerate in this country to secure a land sale tender in Klang, Selangor.
He explained that initial investigations found the company director who conspired with the aforementioned "Datuk", along with two senior vice-presidents of his company, had conspired to submit documents containing false details.
The source said that the fake documents were intended to withdraw company funds amounting to approximately RM2.6mil and then transferred to another company's account.
"All suspects, aged between 50 to 60 years old, including one suspect who is an accounts manager, were detained from 5pm to 8pm on Wednesday while giving a statement at the MACC headquarters," he said.
Meanwhile, MACC senior director of the Investigation Division, Datuk Zainul Darus confirmed the arrests and said that the case is being investigated under Section 16(b)(A) of the MACC Act 2009 and Section 18 of the MACC Act 2009.
However, he said the company's accounts manager has been released on MACC bail. - Star

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