PUTRAJAYA: A company owner was remanded today in connection with investigations into RM10 million in fraudulent claims.
The magistrate's court registrar here, Nazira Adlin Ahmad Khairul Razi, granted the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission's (MACC) application to detain the man until Nov 20, a source said.
The source said the suspect, in his 40s, was arrested about 7pm yesterday when he went to the MACC headquarters here to give a statement.
He added that a preliminary investigation revealed the man may have committed the offence between 2019 and this year.
He said the arrest followed the detention of a former senior engineering manager of a company last week for allegedly misappropriating RM2 million.
"The person is alleged to have submitted false claims for repairs and offered bribes to company staff who approved the claims."
MACC Deputy Chief Commissioner (Operations), Datuk Seri Ahmad Khusairi Yahaya, confirmed the arrest.