Selangor exco member Ronnie Liu's special assistant Wong Chuan How today spent almost 14 hours at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission headquarters in Putrajaya to give his statement on an ongoing investigation.

He arrived at the commission's office at about 8.45am and was only allowed to leave at 10.40pm. He is scheduled to return on Sept 18 to find out the next course of action.

Wong is being investigated for alleged misappropriation of funds allocated for aid programmes in the Sungai Pelek district.

NONE Wong, who was injured when the MACC attempted to arrest him last Friday, was seen to be in pain while walking into the MACC office this morning. It took him almost 10 minutes to walk from the compound to the commission's entrance.

He did did not speak to reporters before entering the building and accompanied by two lawyers, John Fernandez who is an MP for Seremban and state representative for Bukit Kempayan Cha Kee Chin.

Wong, 50, had suffered injuries to his leg last week after a scuffle with MACC officers who had allegedly pushed him to the ground in the process of arresting him.

Meanwhile the Selangor government has also appointed its own lawyer Imran Hadzalie Abdul Hamid to assist Wong while giving the statement.

This was done in accordance with a state directive on July 22 to grant legal assistance to all officers and staff who have been called up by the MACC.

Could face three charges

Wong's lawyers Fernandez and Cha, who appeared during the lunch break to talk to the waiting journalists, said their client faced three possible charges - one under the Penal Code and two under the MACC Act 2008.

The charges are an alleged criminal breach of trust under Section 405 of Penal Code, one for allegedly "intending to deceive" under Section 18 of MACC Act and finally for allegedly using office or position for gratification under Section 23 of the same Act.

NONE "But the outcome of these charges will only be known once the investigation on him is completed," said Fernandez.

Fernandez added Wong has refused to sign a second caution notice presented to him today as "he did not understand the legal terms stated in the notice".

The first notice was given to him last Friday in Sungai Pelek DAP service centre and it was signed by Wong although it did not mention on the alleged offences he was to be investigated or charged with.

"The second notice, which was in Bahasa Malaysia, said that any statement he said during the interrogation can be used against him in court. But being a layman, he does not understand what it me

The lawyers also revealed that they were not allowed to represent Wong during the interrogation, a decision which they had appealed against to the MACC. They were also not allowed into the questioning room.

They also complained that they were denied to bring their own Mandarin interpreter to help Wong.

Wong is being interrogated by a Mandarin speaking MACC officer from Ipoh.

NONE State-appointed lawyers, Imran and Amir Khusyairi Mohamad Tanusi were also denied entry to the interrogation room.

The investigation resumed at 2.30pm.

No remand sought, questioning to continue

Lawyer Cha later told reporters at about 4pm that that the investigation was still on-going and it was expected to finish later tonight, most probably at about 10pm.

He said this was decided when Wong's lawyers and the MACC agreed not to strictly follow lock-up rules which required the investigation to stop at 6pm with a remand order.

"But we did not want that, so we agreed to let Wong to be investigated until it is finished (tonight). Subsequently, the officers can issue a bail upon his release," he said.

On a report claiming that Wong was expected to be charged in Kajang magistrate court in Malay daily Berita Harian , Cha said that was news to him.

"I was inside (the MACC office) and I have not heard anything about the charge," he said.

He also said that Wong was in a "good condition".

Released with bail extended

Wong was finally released at 10.40pm , after undergoing almost 14 hours of interrogation. He was released on a RM3,000 bail which was extended from last Friday and a RM50,000 bond.

Speaking to reporters outside the MACC building, Cha said that Wong has been asked to return to the MACC headquarters on Sept 18 for the next course of action.

He also said that the MACC will be visiting the DAP service centre in Sungai Pelek at 10.30am tomorrow to look at some documents.

"The officers did not have sufficient time to go through all the documents although we have provided them today, so they need to come to the service centre tomorrow," he said.

Cha also said the officers have taken 10 original documents pertaining to the allocation funds. But he refused to specify what the 10 documents were.

Wong, who appeared composed, told reporters that the MACC officers gave him a "much better treatment than the last time".

"They were very cooperative with me although I was under interrogation," he said.

He also said that the medical report on his injury will be released next week.

AG files application

In a related development, Attorney-General Abdul Gani Patail has filed an application with the Shah Alam High Court to challenge the circular by the Selangor government.

The circular from Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibramim states that MACC officers can only question last month stating that all state government officers and staff cannot be interviewed by MACC officers outside their respective offices.

The decision was made by the state executive council following the death of DAP political aide Teoh Beng Hock on July 16.

Gani is seeking the court to declare the circular null and void, and any other orders deemed fit by the court.