MACC detains project director over RM2.4mil in false claims


ALOR SETAR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has arrested a company project director for allegedly submitting false claims amounting to RM2.4mil in connection with the payment of an undersea cable project in a northern state.

An MACC source informed that the remand order for five days starting Thursday (Oct 6) was issued by Magistrate Noorlynna Hanim Abd Halim at Magistrate Court 4, Kuala Lumpur Court Complex today to assist in the investigation of the case.

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