MACC remands 5 for false claims in worker permit applications

 They are believed to have conspired to commit the offence in 2023.

All five suspects were detained around 5pm yesterday when they came to give their statements at the Negeri Sembilan MACC office. (Bernama pic)

PETALING JAYA:

 The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has remanded three company directors and two managers to aid investigations into a case involving the submission of documents containing false particulars to obtain foreign worker permits in Negeri Sembilan.

Magistrate Fairuz Syuhada Amran issued a four-day remand order until June 21 for two of them, including a woman, while the other three men were remanded for seven days until June 24.

Bernama quoted a source as saying all five suspects, including two Bangladeshis and one Pakistani aged between 30 and 50, were detained around 5pm yesterday when they came to give their statements at the Negeri Sembilan MACC office.

“The suspects are believed to have conspired in committing the offence in 2023.

“Preliminary investigations found they submitted applications under the Labour Recalibration Programme 2.0 to the Negeri Sembilan immigration department, suspected to contain false information, to obtain foreign worker permits even though the workers were not employed by the companies concerned,” the source said.

State MACC director Awgkok Ahmad Taufik Putra Awg Ismail confirmed the arrests. - FMT