PUTRAJAYA: A remand order against two company directors, including one with the title ‘Datuk’, has been extended to facilitate an investigation into claims they committed graft and made false claims worth about RM1.8 million.
Magistrate Ahmad Afiq Hasan allowed the remand extension application by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), which is effective tomorrow until Monday.
On Wednesday, the two men, along with a female insurance agent, were remanded for three days until today to assist in the case.
However, the court today released the woman on RM10,000 MACC bail in one surety.
Earlier, the trio arrived at the magistrate’s court here at 9.15am, escorted by several MACC officers.
Sources at the commission were previously quoted as saying that the three are believed to have accepted kickbacks from a factory equipment supplier, in the purchase of machinery for the operation of a factory which both company directors had shares in.
They added that the three were suspected to have abused their power by accessing the company’s funds for their own use.
They are being investigated under Section 17(a) and Section 18 of the MACC Act 2009.
The trio were arrested at the MACC headquarters here on Tuesday, when present to have their statements recorded.
The company director with the title `Datuk’, aged 44, was detained at noon and the second, aged 51, was arrested an hour later. The 29-year-old insurance agent was detained at 2pm.
