JOHOR BAHRU (April 20): An owner of a construction company and a general manager of another company were remanded for five days, from Wednesday (April 20) until Sunday, to assist in the investigation into a case of submitting false claims worth RM150,000.
The remand order against the 30-year-old company owner and the 39-year-old general manager was issued by Magistrate Zuhainie Zull Kafli at the Johor Bahru Magistrate's Court here on Wednesday, to enable the case to be investigated in accordance with Section 18 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009.
Previously, a source said that the owner of the construction company was arrested at about 6pm, followed by the arrest of the general manager at about 8.30pm, after they both appeared to record statements at the Johor MACC office, on Tuesday.
It is understood that last year, the general manager approved three claims for the supply and installation of cabins submitted by the owner of the construction company, even though the supplied cabins did follow the specifications.
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