The Magistrate's Court in Putrajaya today remanded an acting chief executive officer of a government-linked company and an international sales manager from the same GLC for six days.

The two were brought to the court by officers from the Malaysian-Anti Corruption Commission (MACC).

Magistrate Isfahanie Tasnim Wan Ab Rahman remanded the acting CEO who is a "Datuk" until Jan 25.

The "Datuk" was picked up at his house in Tropicana Indah, Petaling Jaya, while the sales manager was arrested in Jalan Kelang Lama.

They were nabbed in an operation dubbed "Ops Guinea", suspected of being involved in corrupt practices and abuse of power with regard to an e-passport project of a country in the African region.

It was reported that both suspects had allegedly solicited bribes between 2013 and 2015 from the owner of a private overseas-based firm, with whom the GLC had signed a 15-year contract to prepare for the implementation of the e-passport facility.

Both suspects have reportedly worked in the GLC for about seven years and are alleged to have taken close to RM500,000 in bribes in Euro and US dollar denominations.

MACC has also frozen several accounts belonging to the "Datuk", his wife and their son, containing some RM1 million.