The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has remanded a businessman for seven days on suspicion of submitting false documents in a land sale transaction worth RM3.8 million in Lenggeng, Seremban, in September 2022.
The remand order, effective until Aug 20, was issued by magistrate Saiful Sayoti at the Seremban magistrates’ court today following an application by MACC.
Bernama quoted a MACC source as saying the businessman in his 40s was arrested at about 11pm yesterday when he came to give a statement at the Negeri Sembilan MACC office.
“He is believed to have conspired in the act with another person, who is the main suspect, to use a document containing false details to obtain the proceeds from the land sale,” the source said.
The businessman was detained following the remand extension for the main suspect, a land broker also in his 40s, for three days starting Aug 12.
Negeri Sembilan MACC director Awangkok Ahmad Taufik Putra Awang Ismail confirmed the arrest when contacted, adding that the case is being investigated under Section 18 of the MACC Act 2009.
