Lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah slammed the special task force and Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission's (MACC) for making unlawful arrest and acting above the law after the first person to be held in remand in relation to 1MDB investigations was released on bail today.

Shafee told Malaysiakini that he might advise his client, who was picked up from the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Monday, to sue MACC for unlawful arrest.

"He was picked up under Section 17 (a) of MACC Act, without being told what wrong he had committed. His arrest wasn't justified.

"His arrest was nonsensical, for he doesn't know the facts and the law that he allegedly breached.

"Just like you arrest someone for murder, you need to tell the person who he had murdered," Shafee ( photo ) said, adding that such a right was stipulated under the Federal Constitution.

His client has "zero connection" with 1MDB as he left the state-owned firm a long time ago, he said.

"The MACC and the special task force are not above the law," Shafee said.

The graft buster has yet to decide his client's status in relation to the ongoing 1MDB probe, as to whether he is a witness or suspect, he added.

Released on bail with two guarantors

Earlier today, a magistrate’s court in Putrajaya released the 39-year-old company director on bail of RM100,000, with two guarantors.

"My client needed to pay RM20,000, with the balance being on an oral undertaking," Shafee said.

Magistrate Nik Isfahanie Tasnim Wan Ab Rahman released the man in an open court hearing, after the deputy public prosecutor (DPP) did not ask for the remand order to be extended.

Malaysiakini is withholding the director's name as he has yet to be charged with an offence in court. It was learnt that the man was formerly the 1MDB investment director.

It was reported that his company had a dealing with SRC International Sdn Bhd, a former subsidiary company of 1MDB, which is now directly under the Finance Ministry.

On Wednesday, a 54-year-old managing director with links to SRC International, was also remanded .

A third coporate figure was detained and a four-day remand order was issued against him today.