Two top Sabah Water Dept officers remanded over kickbacks from RM3.3bil project


The Sabah Water Dept director (right) and his deputy outside the Magistrate's court in Kota Kinabalu

KOTA KINABALU: Two senior officers of the Sabah Water Department and two others have been remanded to facilitate investigations into alleged kickbacks involving RM3.3bil worth of federal projects.

The 54-year-old director, his 51-year-old deputy and 55-year-old businessman brother, who is a Datuk, and his accountant, 50, were brought to the Magistrate’s court here on Wednesday.

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