Crime & Courts

MACC obtains three-day remand extension against two Kada officers

KOTA BARU: The state Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) today obtained a three-day extension on a remand order against two of the four senior officers of the Kemubu Agriculture Development Authority (Kada) for allegedly making false claims and receiving bribes.

The extention against the two including a 49-year-old general-manager were obtained before Sessions court judge Nik Habri Muhamad.

The remand order ends on Sunday.

The judge also allowed two other Kada officers to be released on MACC bail.

It was reported that three Kada officers including its general manager were arrested on May 5 for allegedly receiving bribes.

The three, all men, were detained when they were summoned to the Kelantan MACC headquarters to have their statements recorded.

Aged between 40 and 49, they were detained separately.

On Apr 30, the state MACC nabbed a Kada senior officer, in his 40s, for allegedly making false claims for the agency's programmes.

He allegedly made the false claims between last year to early this year.

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