00:00Two more doctors, along with a third individual, have been remanded for four days to assist
00:07in the investigation of false SOCSO disability claims.
00:12The trio were brought to the Georgetown Court Complex by MACC officers under heavy security
00:17at 8.50am on Thursday.
00:21The suspects were arrested on Wednesday during an operation by the graft buster.
00:26City Nurul Suhaila Baharin issued the order to remand the doctors, aged 43 and 50, to
00:32facilitate the probe under Section 18 of the MACC Act 2009 for submission of false claims.
00:40The medical practitioners are believed to be from a public and private hospital in Penang,
00:45Mainland.
00:46The other suspect, in his thirties, was believed to have acted as an agent.
00:51The latest swoop by MACC was made following the arrests of 33 suspects, including three
00:57doctors on Tuesday.
00:59The doctors, aged 36, 50 and 57, were each remanded for two days, while 30 others, comprising
01:0719 private sector employees, eight agents and three runners, aged 26 to 60, were remanded
01:13between one and three days.
01:16It is understood that the initial three doctors, who are orthopedic specialists, are from two
01:23public hospitals in Bukit Mertajam and Seberang Jaya, while the other is with a private hospital
01:29in Butterworth.
