GLC ARCHITECT REMANDED
He is said to be middleman in deal involving RM300m in project tenders
AN architect of a government-linked company was remanded for five days to assist investigations into several construction project tenders in Putrajaya worth RM300 million.
Magistrate Muhammad Bukhori Md Ruslan allowed the application from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) for the remand, which took effect from yesterday till July 5.
The 42-year-old man was arrested at 1.30pm on Saturday at the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya.
The suspect was believed to be the middleman in the deal, which saw costs being manipulated for the construction projects.
Initially, the projects were awarded to a company via a tender process.
But the suspect deliberately placed many hurdles, which led to the designated party failing in its endeavours to carry out the projects.
The projects were then given to a replacement contractor who was believed to have links with the suspect. It is understood that the whole thing had been planned earlier
On Wednesday, the chief executive officer of the GLC was released on a bail of RM50,000 in one surety after the MACC made no request to extend his remand.
The man, with the title “Datuk”, had been on remand for investigations under Section 17 (a) of the MACC Act 2009.