Bribe: Man's remand is extended
Published on: Sunday, February 18, 2018
Kota Kinabalu: The Magistrate Court here has extended a remand of a 45-year-old self-employed man to five days beginning Wednesday to facilitate an investigation of an alleged graft practices involving RM35,000 in return for a release of a land title.He was suspected to be a runner soliciting the bribe money from a complainant in return for a release of a land title. The suspect was initially remanded for five days beginning Feb 9 which ended Tuesday (Feb 13).Magistrate Cindy Mc Juce Balitus issued the extension remand order to the suspect after granted an application from a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officer Mohd Faliq Basiruddin.
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In the same court, she also released a 54-year-old senior land officer in Beaufort when his five-day remand ended on Tuesday.He was allowed to be released with a bail of RM10,000 with a local surety and he has to report to MACC Sabah Office once a month.Initially, both suspects were arrested by MACC on Feb 8 at different locations suspected to ask for bribe money for RM35,000 from a man and both were remanded for five days which began on Feb 9.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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They were being investigated under Section 16 (a) (A) of the MACC Act 2009 for committing graft practices. - Hayati Dzulkifli
