PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has remanded a woman for allegedly deceiving a company shareholder over a dredging project at Bagan Datuk Port in Perak.
The magistrates’ court in Putrajaya this morning issued a remand order for the suspect, a port manager in her 40s, for four days until May 11.
A source from MACC said the woman was arrested at around 6.15pm yesterday when she was at the anti-graft agency’s headquarters in Putrajaya to provide her statement.
The source added that the suspect is believed to have misled the shareholder regarding the project to claim an inflated amount for the work through another company.
“She is suspected of causing the (shareholder’s) company to suffer losses amounting to RM1 million,” the source said.
MACC senior director of investigations Zainul Darus confirmed the arrest and said the case is being investigated under Section 18 of the MACC Act 2009.