KANGAR: The magistrate's court here has granted a one-day remand extension against the son of Perlis Menteri Besar and four others detained for probe over a false claim involving RM600,000.
Magistrate Ana Rozana Mohd Nor granted the remand extension requested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) team from Putrajaya this morning after their initial remand order expired today.
An MACC source said one suspect attached to the State Secretary office as a technician assistant in his 20s, was released today.
"The suspects have extended full cooperation in the probe," he said, declining to elaborate.
Lawyer Mohd Fadhly Yaacob who is representing all the suspects, aged between 27 and 37, said the remand extension would be the final detention order against his clients.
"The MACC applied for a seven-day remand extension but the court has granted only one day.
"This is to ensure that all investigations against my clients are concluded as soon as possible and my clients should be released by tomorrow.
"For now, only one of my clients has been released from detention," he told reporters after today's proceeding.
Meanwhile, MACC Putrajaya's senior director (special operation) Datuk Azmi Kamaruzaman confirmed the suspects' remand extension, when contacted.
Yesterday, it was reported that the son of Perlis Menteri Besar, who is also the son-in-law to Pas president Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang, were among six individuals remanded by MACC to facilitate investigation into a document forgery in submitting a false claim amounting to RM600,000.
It involved infrastructure projects such as repairs, maintenance, supply and services all over Perlis from 2022 until recently, which mostly involved false claims for jobs that were not delivered.