He was arrested at about 9.30pm yesterday at MACC’s headquarters here after giving his statement.

MACC has also obtained an order from magistrate Shah Wira Abdul Halim to remand the 62-year-old man for five days until Jan 30 for investigations under Section 18 of the MACC Act.

The suspect is the third person arrested in the agency’s investigations into the delayed navy ships.

According to an MACC source, the suspect is believed to have submitted the documents to a shipping company through three companies.

On Monday, MACC detained two chief executive officers after finding new leads in its investigation into the procurement of the LCS by Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd (BNS).

On Nov 21 last year, Royal Malaysian Navy Veterans Association president Mohamad Imran Abd Hamid lodged a report with the agency on a project to build six LCS which failed to be delivered as scheduled.

The project, worth RM9.128 billion, was awarded to BNS by the government through the defence ministry, with RM6 billion already paid.