Company owner remanded in probe over 'Datuk Seri' title bribery case

The Star

A 46-year-old woman, a private company owner in Selangor, has been remanded for six days by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to facilitate a corruption investigation linked to obtaining the "Datuk Seri" title from a state two years ago.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A private company owner in Selangor has been remanded in Melaka for six days to facilitate

00:07a corruption investigation linked to obtaining the Datuk Seri title from a state two years

00:13ago.

00:14The remand application was made by the MACC before Magistrate Sharda Shenha Muhammad Suleiman

00:20at the Ayer Kero Magistrate's Court on Wednesday.

00:24Sources revealed that the suspect was detained at 4.45pm on Tuesday after she presented herself

00:30at the MACC office in Melaka to provide a statement.

00:35The source stated that the 46-year-old woman allegedly solicited and accepted bribes amounting

00:41to over R375,000 from an individual to secure the Datuk Seri title through a syndicate.

00:49The case is being investigated under Section 16 Subsection A of the MACC Act 2009.

00:56When contacted, Melaka MACC Director Adi Supian Shafi confirmed the suspect's detention and

01:04remand.

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