Police have obtained a remand order until tomorrow for a 45-year-old businessman - said to be a datuk - believed to be in relation to the probe into the National Feedlot Centre fiasco.
The man was taken to the Commercial Crime Investigations Division yesterday where he was questioned between 3pm and 6pm.
The man was taken to the Commercial Crime Investigations Division yesterday where he was questioned between 3pm and 6pm.
The remand order was issued by magistrate Tengku Eliana Tuan Kamarulzaman this afternoon at the police temporary detention centre in Bukit Jalil.
At a press conference, CCID director Syed Ismail Syed Azizan, however neither confirmed not denied whether the arrest had anything to do with the probe on alleged mismanagement of the cattle farm.
"I have no comments," said Syed Ismail when repeatedly pressed on whether the arrest had any relevance to the cattle project probe.
"I have no comments," said Syed Ismail when repeatedly pressed on whether the arrest had any relevance to the cattle project probe.
"It's true that at about 4pm yesterday we nabbed a Malay man for trying to bribe several of my senior officials, who are investigating a commercial crime," he said.
According to Syed Ismail, his department acted on information received yesterday that the suspect tried to bribe "three or four" officers.
The suspect was then called to CCID headquarters in Kuala Lumpur for questioning, where he was arrested and later remanded to obtain further information.
According to Syed Ismail, his department acted on information received yesterday that the suspect tried to bribe "three or four" officers.
The suspect was then called to CCID headquarters in Kuala Lumpur for questioning, where he was arrested and later remanded to obtain further information.
Syed Ismail also said that the case was handed over to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) earlier today.
He said the suspect runs a foreign workers agency and owns a taxi company, adding that he had been detained three weeks ago in relation to a cheating case in Cheras.
“He is also wanted in another cheating report under (Section) 420 (of the Penal Code) in Bercham, Ipoh," said Syed Ismail.
Asked whether the suspect holds the 'datuk' title, Syed Ismail replied:"We will give him the benefit of doubt. He claims to be a datuk."
The police officer also declined to reveal why the suspect had tried to bribe the CCID officers and the amount involved.
Asked whether the suspect holds the 'datuk' title, Syed Ismail replied:"We will give him the benefit of doubt. He claims to be a datuk."
The police officer also declined to reveal why the suspect had tried to bribe the CCID officers and the amount involved.
Quizzed on whether the suspect was Women, Family and Community Development Minister Shahrizat Abdul Jalil's brother-in-law or a relative, Syed Ismail said: "You seem to know who he is... you check his last name lah."
However, on the progress of the investigation into the cattle farm project, Syed Ismail said that 27 people from the Finance, Agriculture and Agro-based Industries Ministry, and all those with vested interests in the project have been interviewed.
"But in the NFC case, no one has been arrested. We have documents, and any persons involved seen in the documents, we will call," he added.
"But in the NFC case, no one has been arrested. We have documents, and any persons involved seen in the documents, we will call," he added.
Shahrizat has come been under fire over the RM250 million government loan given to NFC, run by her husband Mohamed Salleh Ismail and their children Wan Shaninur Izran and Wan Izzana Fatimah Zabedah.
The Auditor-General's report had described the project as being in a "mess", while the PKR had exposed that NFC funds were used, among others, to purchase two luxury condominiums in Bangsar as well as a prime plot in Putrajaya.
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