KUALA LUMPUR: A senior Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) officer is among three men remanded for four days in connection with alleged corruption activities believed to be going on since 2014.
Magistrate Irza Zulaikha Rohanuddin granted the remand order until Aug 29 following an application by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) at the Putrajaya Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday (Aug 26).
Sources said the three suspects, aged between their 40s and 50s, were picked up between noon on Monday (Aug 25) and 1am Tuesday at a local council office, the MACC’s Kuala Lumpur office and several locations around the Klang Valley.
“It is believed that one of the suspects, who owns a company, had paid bribes to the DBKL officer in exchange for assistance in securing projects at the agency,” a source revealed.
Following the arrests, the MACC seized over RM200,000 in cash, four mobile devices, two luxury vehicles-a Lexus RX500h and a Mini Cooper-as well as branded items including handbags and shoes from Hermes and Louis Vuitton.
Investigators also froze 19 bank accounts belonging to the suspects and their companies, amounting to more than RM7mil.
When contacted, MACC senior intelligence director Datuk Saiful Ezral Arifin confirmed the arrests, adding that the case is being investigated under Section 16(a)(B) of the MACC Act 2009.
