Dept director, contractor held over power abuse

GEORGE TOWN: A director of the Engineering Department of a local authority and a contractor were remanded for five days to assist an abuse of power investigation involving about RM200,000.

The remand order, from Tuesday until Aug 14, was issued by senior assistant registrar Nur Fardrina Zulkhairi after allowing an application from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) at the Magistrate’s Court here yesterday.