Hussein Nasir, who goes by “Datuk Roy”, was nabbed when he surrendered himself to the graft busters, an MACC source told FMT.

“He will be taken to the magistrate’s court tomorrow for a remand order to be obtained,” the source said.

Kuala Lumpur MACC director Razaliah Ab Rahman. when contacted, later confirmed the arrest.

The Jana Wibawa programme was introduced in November 2020 by the Muhyiddin Yassin government as a Covid-19 stimulus initiative to help Bumiputera contractors.

Yesterday, FMT reported that MACC was seeking “Datuk Roy” for being the “main planner” behind a corruption case linked to MACC’s probe into the Jana Wibawa programme.

Four people, including an MACC officer, have been arrested and later released on bail for allegedly soliciting and accepting bribes amounting to RM400,000 to prevent investigations into the controversial programme.

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