Ex-immigration director freed on MACC bail

Out on bail: An MACC officer escorting the former Immigration Department director to the magistrate’s court in Putrajaya.

PUTRAJAYA: The former Immigration Department director who was implicated in a social visit pass corruption scandal has been released from a seven-day remand.

Magistrate Khir Nizam Jemari allowed the 47-year-old with the title Datuk, together with a 46-year-old department driver, to be released on Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) bail.