MELAKA: Two managers and the owner of separate legal firms have been remanded on Wednesday (July 17) to assist in investigations into the alleged bribery of a bank officer totalling an amount of RM12,072 between 2018 and 2021.
The remand orders on the three were issued by Magistrate Sharda Shienha Mohd Suleiman against two men and one woman, aged between 41 and 44 years old, to assist investigations under Section 16(b)(A) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009.
The three could face penalties of up to five times the value of the bribe or RM10,000.00, whichever is higher, and imprisonment not exceeding 20 years, upon conviction under the Section.
The court allowed the first male suspect and female suspect, both aged 41, to be remanded for six days until July 22.
Meanwhile, the third suspect, aged 44, was remanded for five days from Wed (July 17) until July 21.
Earlier, the three suspects from law firms operating in the Klang Valley and here arrived at the court complex in Ayer Keroh after all three were detained by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officers at Alai here on Tuesday (July 16).
The trio are suspected of offering bribes as inducement to facilitate the referral of cases to the involved law firm for property loan documentation from a financial institution.
When contacted, Melaka MACC director, Adi Supian Shafie, confirmed the detention of the three suspects.
Previously, MACC had detained 12 individuals, comprising lawyers, bank officers and managers of law firms in relation to the same case.
