The MACC remanded two more individuals - the chairperson of a company and the director of a sub-contractor company - to assist in a probe into a corruption case worth over RM1 billion involving a highway project in the Klang Valley.

Magistrate Irza Zulaikha Rohanuddin issued the remand order against the men in their 40s and 50s at the Putrajaya Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

The chairperson of the company, allegedly a “Datuk”, was remanded until Saturday (July 6) while the director of the company involved was remanded until Thursday (July 4).

MACC sources said the two suspects were arrested between 9pm and 12am last night, after appearing to testify at the MACC headquarters.

“They are suspected of giving bribes of over RM200,000 to statutory body officials as a reward in return for getting work on a highway construction project that another company previously carried out.

“They are also believed to have bribed officials at a highway concession company for the same purpose,” he told Bernama yesterday.

MACC investigation division senior director Hishamuddin Hashim, when contacted, confirmed the arrest and said investigations are being carried out under Section 16(b)(A) of the MACC Act 2009.

He also confirmed that all suspects who were previously remanded in relation to the investigation of the case were released yesterday after the remand period expired, including the chief executive officer of the highway concession company out on a bail of RM150,000.

- Bernama