PUTRAJAYA: Two company directors, including a “Datuk”, were released today after being remanded for five days to facilitate investigations into a bribery and false claim case involving RM1.8 million.
They were released by magistrate Muhamad Bukhori Md Ruslan on Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) bail of RM100,000 in two sureties each.
A female insurance agent also remanded in relation to the case had been released on Jan 25 on MACC bail of RM10,000 in one surety.
MACC sources said the trio were alleged to have accepted a bribe from a manufacturing equipment supplier over the purchase of manufacturing machines for a company in which the two directors had shares.
They were also believed to have misappropriated the company’s funds for personal gain.
They were detained when they went to give their statements at the MACC headquarters here on Jan 22.
Meanwhile, a former senior product manager of a company who had been remanded for five days from Jan 23 was also released on MACC bail of RM100,000.
The 40-year old man was detained to assist the investigations into a bribery case involving over RM2 million.
MACC sources said initial investigations revealed that the suspect received bribes of more than RM2 million from a company for, among others, approval of credit notes issued to the company. - FMT
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