KUALA LUMPUR: An account manager, in her 40s, was among three people arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission on suspicision of accepting bribes to conceal important documents involving a palm oil company.
The woman and the two male suspects, in their 40s and 50s, were detained when they were summoned to provide their statements into the case at the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya near here from 10pm last night until 1am today.
"The female suspect was detaineed for her suspected involvement in the transaction involving receiving the bribes.
"The other suspects arrested in connection with the case, who are company secretaries, were detained on the suspicision of accepting the bribes to hide the important documents on the Call Option Agreement.
"These documents are believed to have been concealed by the company secretary to delay the second party from executing the COA agreement signed in March 2021 and to postpone the judgment of the civil lawsuit decided by the High Court in October 2022," the sources said.
The MACC, the sources said, has also obtained a remand order against all three suspects from Magistrate Norainina Shariful Anuar at the magistrate's court in Putrajaya this morning.
The woman would be remanded for three days until Monday while both male suspects would be remanded for five days until Aug 7 to facilitate investigation into the case.
Meanwhile, MACC senior investigation director Datuk Seri Hishamuddin Hashim, when contacted, confirmed the arrest.
He said the case is being investigated under Section 16(a)(A) of the MACC Act 2009 for accepting or agreeing to accept bribes.