MACC detained the duo yesterday over Albert Tei's claim that he bribed Shamsul Iskandar Akin to recover funds allegedly distributed to Sabah assemblymen.
00:00Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's former senior political secretary, Shamsul Iskandar Akin,
00:05and businessman Albert Tay have been remanded for six days to assist the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission in a corruption probe.
00:13The remand application was heard by Magistrate Fatin Munira Sofyan at the Puccajaya Magistrates' Court, reported Astro Awani.
00:21MACC detained the duo yesterday after Tay claimed that he bribed Shamsul to recover funds that were allegedly distributed to Sabah Assemblymen.
00:31Tay, the controversial businessman at the centre of the alleged Sabah mining scandal, is facing trial on two counts of giving bribes in a separate case.
00:42Yesterday, MACC Chief Commissioner Azambaki said the investigation was opened immediately after the allegations came to light
00:49because the case is of public interest.
00:53He added that he had instructed his officers to complete the probe within a week.
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