The remand order was issued by the Penang magistrate’s court yesterday.
The High Court also rejected a bid to overturn similar remand orders on a father and son, aged 70 and 37, who are owners of a carbon filter factory, under investigation by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
Phee was represented by lawyer Ramkarpal Singh while the other two were represented by Dev Kumaraendran.
The Star Online said judge Hashim Hamzah told the lawyers the applications should be made in Penang.
Earlier, Dev told reporters that the magistrate in Penang did not hear their submissions before setting the remand order.
“Since the Penang High Court is not open on Sunday, we are here in Kedah to file our submissions.”
Phee and the two men are being investigated under Section 23 of the MACC Act 2009 for abuse of power for gratification.
Ramkarpal had said yesterday that no one in the judiciary in Penang was available to process their application after the remand order was given
He said since all high courts of Malaya can hear cases from other parts of West Malaysia, they would head to Alor Setar since Sunday was a working day there.
On Friday, Phee, who is DAP assemblyman for Sungai Puyu, was arrested after MACC raided his office on the 53rd floor of Komtar.
His house in Butterworth and the Seberang Perai Municipal Council’s (MPSP) licensing department were also raided later.
His service centre in Butterworth was also searched today.
MACC had led a multi-agency operation on the carbon filter processing factory in Sungai Lembu near Bukit Mertajam for allegedly flouting federal regulations.
The Department of Environment found the factory did not have a proper air pollution control system. The factory was also allegedly operating illegally on agriculture land.
The Immigration Department and Inland Revenue Board also participated in the operation.