PUTRAJAYA: Baling Member of Parliament Datuk Seri Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim and his elder brother Abdul Latif Abdul Rahim were released today after being under remand for 10 days to assist in a probe into corruption involving a Tabung Haji (TH) contract.
Magistrate Ahmad Afiq Hasan allowed the brothers to be released on Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) bail of RM500,000 each in two sureties.
Sources said the investigation is ongoing and that the graft buster will call the former TH chairman and his brother back for further questioning.
Azeez, 52, and his brother were brought to the magistrate’s court here at about 9.30am for the remand proceeding and their arrival was greeted by nearly 100 supporters who had waited at the premises since 8am.
It is learnt that the two were remanded to assist investigations under the MACC Act as well as the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Act 2001.
On Sept 26, Azeez, together with his brother and cousin, were remanded for four days to assist in the probe.
When the initial four-day remand expired, Azeez and Latif had their remand extended by another six days, while their cousin was released on RM10,000 bail in two sureties.
Azeez, who is also an Umno Supreme Council member, was detained at the MACC headquarters when he turned up to have his statement recorded at 11.15am on Sept 25.
His brother, who is a general manager of a company, was arrested in Sungai Buloh on the same day.