SHAL ALAM, Aug 15 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has detained seven individuals to assist investigations into issues raised in the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) report on Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH).
They include a company chief executive officer (CEO), a company director, a former company director and four former senior Tabung Haji management officials, Bernama reported.
Sources said the suspects were detained separately between 3pm yesterday and 10.30pm today at the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya.
“The first suspect, a shipping company CEO in his 60s who holds the title of Datuk, was detained for allegedly submitting documents containing false material particulars when making payments to TH.
“The case involves the falsification of a petroleum company’s contract documents for the benefit of his own company.
“The second suspect, a Datuk in his 60s who is a director of a construction company, was detained for allegedly deceiving TH officials into investing in a construction company by claiming that the company had the potential to be listed on Bursa Malaysia,” the source said.
Another suspect, a Datuk Seri in his 60s and a former company director, was detained for allegedly being involved in the same matter as the second suspect, the source said.
Meanwhile, four former senior TH management officials, aged between their 50s and 60s, including a Datuk Seri and a woman, were detained over alleged corrupt practices linked to TH’s SR2.49 billion lease agreement for four hotels with a Saudi Arabian company, which resulted in losses to the institution.
The source said only two male suspects — the shipping company CEO and construction company director — were remanded, while the other five were released on MACC bail due to health concerns.
Magistrate Ahmad Afiq Hasan granted a five-day remand order until August 19 against the two suspects after allowing MACC’s application at the Putrajaya Magistrates’ Court this morning.
MACC chief commissioner Datuk Seri Abd Halim Aman, when contacted, confirmed the arrests and said the case is being investigated under Sections 18 and 16(a)(A) of the MACC Act 2009.
