PUTRAJAYA: Two authorities agency officers and two firm house owners have been remanded for six days to help in an investigation into soliciting and receiving bribes for a street slope upkeep challenge value RM300mil.
According to a MACC sources, the four people aged between 39 and 42, had been detained once they turned up on the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) headquarters right here to offer their statements.
The sources mentioned the 2 authorities agency officers had been suspected of soliciting and receiving bribes as inducement to assist the 2 firm house owners get hold of work associated to the upkeep of slopes on Federal and state roads.
One of the federal government officers was hooked up to an agency in Negeri Sembilan whereas the opposite was based mostly on the Kuala Lumpur headquarters, the sources added.
The remand order was issued by Justice of the Peace Ahmad Asyraf Mohamed Kamal on the Putrajaya Magistrate’s Court following an software by the MACC on Wednesday (Feb 9) morning.
MACC particular operations division senior director Tan Kang Sai confirmed the arrests and mentioned the case was being investigated underneath Section 16 (a) (A) of the MACC Act 2009. – Bernama
