GEORGE TOWN, Jan 10 – Deputy chairman of a company with a title “Datuk”, who been arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) yesterday, has been remanded at George Town magistrate’s court here this morning. Deputy registrar Muhammad Azam Md Eusoff allowed MACC application to remand the suspect for six days beginning today until Jan 15 to assist investigations into the RM6.3 billion undersea tunnel project.
Clad in an orange MACC lockup suit accompanied by MACC officers had arrived at the courthouse’s remand division at about 11:40am. It was believed that the suspect was detained in a large scale raid at Penang and Putrajaya yesterday, together with a senior executive director of Consortium Zenith Construction Sdn Bhd.
On Tuesday, MACC teams conducted the large scale raids at the offices of four state government agencies – the Penang Public Works Department, Penang State Secretary, Penang Office of Lands and Mines and Penang Valuation and Property Services Department – and three property development and construction companies. They are Ewin-Zenith Sdn Bhd, 555 Capital Sdn Bhd and Consortium Zenith Sdn Bhd offices. — PN
