Four, Including Two Lecturers, Remanded In RM5 Million Corruption Case

IPOH, April 8 (Bernama) -- Four individuals, including two lecturers from a private higher education institution in northern Malaysia, have been remanded for four days to assist in an investigation into the solicitation and receipt of approximately RM5 million in bribes.

The Magistrate’s Court issued a remand order, valid until 11 April, following a request from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).

The three men and one woman arrived at court at 10.05 am in MACC detention attire and were escorted out at 11.45 am.

Yesterday, Bernama reported that the arrests were made at the MACC Perak office between 2 pm and 5 pm. The case also involves an oil company officer and an engineering company director in their 40s.

Sources said the bribes were allegedly paid to help certain companies secure research projects, involving misappropriation of funds from the private institution’s research initiatives.

Following the arrests, MACC froze 70 bank accounts holding RM8.5 million and seized seven vehicles. 

MACC Intelligence Division senior director Datuk Saiful Ezral Arifin confirmed the arrests and said the case is being investigated under Section 16(a)(A) of the MACC Act 2009.

-- BERNAMA