MACC detains company CEO, directors
KUALA LUMPUR: Seven individuals, including four former senior management members of Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH), were detained by graft busters over alleged corruption linked to the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on the pilgrimage fund.
Those detained were a company chief executive officer, company directors, a former company director and four former senior TH management officers.
Sources said all seven suspects were detained separately between 3pm and 10.30pm on Friday at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) headquarters in Putrajaya.
“The first suspect, a shipping company CEO in his 60s who holds a Datuk title, was detained for allegedly submitting documents containing false particulars when making payments to TH.
“He is also suspected of falsifying a contract document involving a petroleum company for the benefit of his own company,” a source said.
The second and third suspects, also in their 60s, who hold the titles Datuk and Datuk Seri respectively, were detained for allegedly misleading TH officers into making an investment in a construction company by promising that it had the potential to be listed on Bursa Malaysia.
The four former senior TH management officers, aged between 50s and 60s, including a Datuk Seri and a woman, were detained for allegedly being involved in corrupt practices that led TH to enter into a lease agreement for four hotels in Saudi Arabia with a company for 2.49bil Saudi riyals (RM2.72bil).
The agreement is alleged to have resulted in losses to TH.
However, only two male suspects – the shipping company CEO and a director of the construction company were remanded.
Magistrate Ahmad Afiq Hasan issued a five-day remand order until Aug 19 against the two suspects following an application by MACC at the Putrajaya Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
The other five suspects were released on MACC bail due to health problems.
