00:00The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has remanded 17 company directors suspected of
00:08being involved in a cartel linked to Malaysian army procurement tenders.
00:12A five-day remand order until January 10 was issued against all the suspects by Magistrate
00:18Ezrene Zakaria after an application by M.A.C.C. at the Putrajaya Magistrates Court on Tuesday
00:25morning.
00:26The suspects, comprising nine men and eight women aged between their twenties and sixties,
00:32were arrested on Monday night while giving statements at the M.A.C.C. Putrajaya office.
00:38Preliminary investigations found that all the suspects are believed to have paid bribes
00:43to senior army officers in exchange for securing supply and maintenance projects with the army.
00:49The case is being investigated under Section 16B of the M.A.C.C. Act 2009.
Comments