THE Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) will seek remand extension against Perlis menteri besar’s son and five others who were arrested to assist in the probe into the RM600,000 falsified claims case, said chief commissioner Azam Baki.

He also said more people are expected to be called in to help in the investigations.

“We will be calling up several others to have their statements recorded,” Azam was reported by Bernama as telling reporters after opening an MACC office in Gua Musang today.

He also said a new remand order for all the suspects under detention was necessary as the remand period given was insufficient for them to complete their preliminary investigations.

On Wednesday, six people were arrested in Kangar by the MACC to assist in investigations into a case of producing falsified documents to make RM600,000 in claims for government public works contracts from 2022.

The Kangar magistrate court allowed the six, including a senior state officer, to be remanded by the MACC for two days. Their remand order expires tomorrow.

Those remanded are between the ages of 26 and 37, and they were being detained under Section 18 of the MACC Act 2009.

Perlis menteri besar Mohd Shukri Ramli confirmed his son was among those arrested and said the MACC should be allowed to investigate their case.

Shukri, who is also the Perlis PAS commissioner, said he will not interfere and he leaves it to the MACC to probe his son.

FAM’s centre under investigation

Meanwhile, Azam also said the MACC would focus their investigation on the construction project of the RM25 million National Training Centre (NTC) in Putrajaya involving the Football Association of Malaysia.

“FAM carried out the acquisition through tender and so on and re-submitted it to Fifa for final selection. Fifa agreed with that company,” he said.

Azam said that as such both FAM and Fifa were involved in the case.

“As such, to be fair to everyone, we are investigating this issue,” he said.

Azam said the MACC will not take action in connection with the administrative issues within the organisation (FAM), such as salary matters and so on.

“The MACC considers this as a case that involves public interest, so we have looked at the information given and focused on just one issue,” he said. – April 25, 2024.