WARISAN HEAD’S RELATIVE NABBED
Suspect is the son-in-law of the younger brother of Shafie Apdal
THE Malaysian AntiCorruption Commission (MACC) yesterday arrested a 33-year-old man to facilitate the probe into the mishandling of federal-funded projects in Sabah.
It is learned that he is the sonin-law of the younger brother of Parti Warisan Sabah president Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal.
He was detained at 5.15pm after being called in to give his statement at the district’s MACC office.
MACC deputy chief commissioner (operations) Datuk Seri Azam Baki confirmed the arrest.
He is the eighth individual held in connection with the probe, Two were released on MACC bail.
Earlier, a remand order for three politicians here has been extended for three days beginning today as part MACC’s probe into the misappropriation of Federal Government funds.
Magistrate Mohd Aizat Abdul Rahim approved the extension.
The trio are Warisan Youth chief Datuk Mohd Azis Jamman, Umno Youth information chief and Tenom Umno Youth chief Jamawi Jaafar, and Umno Youth exco member and Tawau Umno Youth chief Ariffin Kassim.
On Oct 9, Azis and Jamawi were arrested at the MACC office here, while Ariffin was detained at the MACC office in Tawau.
Businessman Yu Sin Kong, who was arrested together with Warisan vice-president Datuk Peter Anthony last Friday, was released on RM200,000 bail.
The remand of Hamid Apdal, the younger brother of Shafie, ends today.
Yesterday, it was reported that MACC had formed two teams — the first look into elements of bribery, and the other, a technical team, to look into whether the projects were carried out accordingly.
A source told the New Sunday Times that the technical team would gather evidence to determine if the contractors had made false claims.
It was reported that up to 350 projects under the Rural and Regional Development Ministry in Sabah were monitored by MACC.
It is understood that the ministry had awarded the projects to 260 companies. Investigations revealed that 65 companies were selected under dubious circumstances, as some were awarded more than two projects.
The projects were carried out between 2010 and last year in Kota Kinabalu, Kudat, Kota Belud, Ranau, Beaufort, Keningau, Lahad Datu, Tawau and Sandakan.
They involved water, electricity and road infrastructure development projects.