KUALA LUMPUR: Three individuals, including two company directors, were detained for allegedly submitting documents containing false particulars involving about RM20mil to a development financial institution.
Sources said the suspects, linked to a company involved in padi and rice production and processing, are believed to have submitted the documents to obtain Trade Working Capital Financing-i facilities for the purchase of padi and rice.
One of the suspects, a man in his 30s who works as an operations manager, has been remanded for five days until July 11.
The remand order was issued by Magistrate Eliana Ismail after an application by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) at the Alor Setar Civil Court yesterday.
He was detained at about 6pm on Monday when he turned up to give his statement at the MACC office in Alor Setar.
Initial investigations found that the three suspects, who are family members, had allegedly conspired to submit the false documents in 2025.
However, the two other male suspects, both company directors in their 60s, were released on MACC bail after their statements were recorded.
Sources said the documents were allegedly submitted to secure financing from the development financial institution, but no actual transaction involving the purchase of padi and rice took place.
When contacted, MACC senior director of investigations Datuk Mohd Hafaz Nazar confirmed the arrests and said the case is being investigated under Section 18 of the MACC Act 2009.
Meanwhile, at an event in Putrajaya, MACC chief commissioner Datuk Seri Abdul Halim Aman said the collaboration between the commission and the Armed Forces would continue to be enhanced to ensure anti-graft measures are carried out more effectively.
“We are committed to strengthening strategic cooperation, particularly in intelligence-sharing, information exchange and governance enhancement with the military,” he said during a courtesy call by Malaysian Defence Intelligence Organisation director-general Leftenan Jeneral Datuk Fazal Abdul Rahman at the MACC headquarters yesterday.
