KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 28 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) arrested five more individuals to assist in investigations into the companies believed to be linked to the appointment of a crony company involving a senior Royal Malaysian Navy officer.
According to a source, those detained comprised company directors, managers, and business owners believed to have links to a crony company of a senior Navy officer that had secured projects at the Lumut navy base in Perak.
"The remand order for all the detainees was issued by Magistrate Ezrene Zakariah at the Putrajaya Magistrate's Court, near here.
"The court allowed one of them to be remanded for three days until January 30, while four others were remanded until January 29,” said the source
Meanwhile, when contacted, MACC intelligence division senior director Datuk Saiful Ezral Arifin confirmed the development, adding that investigations are being conducted professionally in accordance with the law.
On Monday (January 26), the MACC froze 21 bank accounts, including 14 belonging to several individuals, with funds estimated at RM700,000, believed to be linked to the recommendation and appointment of a crony company involving a senior Navy officer.
The MACC Intelligence Division, through 'Op Layar’, also sealed two hotels owned by the senior officer, estimated to be worth RM2 million.
Simultaneously and in collaboration with the Accountant General’s Department, it is reviewing several companies to determine whether they were awarded tenders or quotations.
Previously, the MACC arrested a company director and a senior Navy officer on suspicion of corruption related to the recommendation and appointment of a crony company to obtain quotation work at the officer’s workplace.
The two suspects are believed to have conspired between 2017 and 2020 and were remanded for seven days until January 29, following an application by the MACC at the Ipoh High Court on Friday (January 23).
