THE managing director of a government-linked property development company was among four people who have been detained on suspicion of abetting in false claims relating to a development project in the east coast worth RM300 million.

The three suspects are a company director, project manager and architect of a contractor and consultancy company. 

According to a source of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), the suspects are aged between 28 and 48.

“Three of them were held at the Terengganu MACC office while another was arrested at a house in Kuala Lumpur at about noon yesterday,” the source said.

“The suspects are remanded for six days from today after magistrate Noor Mazrinie Mahmood allowed the remand application by MACC at a magistrate’s court in Kuala Terengganu today.”

Meanwhile, MACC senior investigation director Hishamuddin Hashim confirmed the arrests. – Bernama, June 17, 2022.