'Datuk Seri' detained by MACC over false claims


KUALA LUMPUR: A financial strategic adviser with a Datuk Seri title was detained by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on suspicion of submitting claims containing false particulars for company merger work valued at approximately RM150,000.

An MACC source informed that the suspect, a man in his 50s, was detained at 5pm Tuesday (July 9) at the MACC headquarters and has been remanded for three days starting Wednesday (July 10) until July 12.

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