KUALA LUMPUR: Two more individuals have been detained by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) for their alleged involvement in corruption related to a highway project in the Klang Valley worth over RM1 billion.
The suspects, identified as a Datuk who serves as the chairman of a subcontractor company, and a director of the same company, have been remanded for five days until July 6 and three days until July 4, respectively.
The remand order was issued by magistrate Irza Zulaikha Rohanuddin at the magistrate's court in Putrajaya today.
Sources said the suspects were believed to have given bribes exceeding RM200,000 to officials of statutory bodies in exchange for securing construction contracts previously held by another company.
"They are also suspected of bribing officials in a highway concession company for similar purposes," they said.
The sources said the suspects, aged in their 40s and 50s, were detained between 9pm yesterday and midnight while giving statements at the MACC headquarters.
MACC Investigations senior director Datuk Seri Hishamuddin Hashin, when contacted, confirmed the arrests, adding that investigations were being carried out under Section 16(b)(A) of the MACC Act 2009.
He also said all those previously remanded, including the chief executive officer of the highway concession company who was released on Monday on RM150,000 bail, have been released after their remand periods expired.
The CEO and two other senior officials from the company were arrested for alleged bribery in connection to two highway projects worth RM1.6 billion.
It is understood the bribes were a "reward" for the awarding of contracts related to two highways in the Klang Valley, the first valued at over RM1 billion and the other, over RM650 million.