Former religious affairs minister Jamil Khir Baharom has been remanded for five days to assist in an MACC investigation linked to the Tabung Haji royal commission of inquiry, according to his lawyer Hamidi Noh.

Speaking to reporters in Putrajaya after the remand proceedings today, Hamidi said Jamil was being investigated under Section 16A of the MACC Act 2009.

Magistrate Ezrene Zakariah...