ALOR SETAR, Oct 7 — The managing director of a company in Selangor has been remanded for four days for allegedly making false claims under the Covid-19 wage subsidy scheme.

Alor Setar Sessions Court assistant registrar Wan Nor Fadzilah Wan Ibrahim issued the remand order against the 33-year-old suspect today. 

The suspect, whose company conducts cleaning works, among others, was arrested at the Kedah Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office here at about 5.30pm yesterday.

His company is alleged to have received about RM400,000 in aid from the Social Security Organisation after he had submitted a false statement of accounts.

Kedah MACC director Datuk Shaharom Nizam Abd Manap confirmed the case, saying it is being investigated under Section 18 of the MACC Act 2009. — Bernama