Two remanded for alleged bribery involving public transport project

PUTRAJAYA: The finance manager and the marketing director of a company have been remanded to aid an RM10mil corruption probe involving the takeover of a public transport system project.

It is learnt that the finance manager had paid RM10mil to facilitate the approval for the company where the suspect is employed, to take over the project from another company.

Sources said the suspect, a woman in her 40s, was responsible for making the payment without complying with the company's financial and procurement procedures.

"The second suspect is the head of the company's marketing division and is believed to have made payments to six "fake" individuals and entities," said a source.

The suspects were arrested when they turned up at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission headquarters at around 9.30pm on Tuesday (Sept 6) night.

They were brought before Magistrate Izra Zulaikha Rohanuddin who allowed for the two to be remanded for three days until Sept 9.

MACC senior investigations director Datuk Seri Hishamuddin Hashim confirmed that the duo had been detained.