KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 1 — Police today arrested a former Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) adviser and an officer from the Attorney-General’s Chamber (AGC) to aid investigations on debt-riddled 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), several news reports said.

According to The Star Online, lawyer S. Prakash, who represents one of the two individuals, confirmed that his client would be remanded at the Petaling Jaya police headquarters this afternoon.

The news portal also noted that the suspect from MACC carried the “Tan Sri” title.

Attempts by the Malay Mail Online to verify the arrests with Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar, MACC and the AGC have been unsuccessful.

A total of five individuals have so far been arrested to assist the probe on 1MDB.

Local newswire Bernama reported on Tuesday that a 48-year-old managing director of a company with the title of “Datuk” was ordered to be released by Magistrate Court on an MACC bail of RM100,000.

On July 24, a 39-year-old director of a construction company, who was the first individual hauled up to facilitate the investigation, was similarly released on a MACC bail of RM100,000.

On July 25, a 54-year-old company managing director with the title of “Datuk” was released on MACC bail of RM100,000, with RM20,000 deposited in cash and RM80,000 in oral undertaking by two sureties.

On Monday, a 28-year-old sole owner of a trading company, who is the third individual remanded in connection with the probe, was released on a MACC bail of RM50,000-RM10,000 of it in cash and the remaining RM40,000 as oral assurance from two sureties.

A despatch rider was remanded on Sunday and his four-day remand was set to expire on Wednesday.

The 1MDB special taskforce is currently investigating an alleged US$700 million (RM2.6 billion) money trail involving several companies that purportedly channeled the funds to what is believed to be Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s bank accounts.

In a report last month, US-based daily Wall Street Journal, citing documents from Malaysian investigators currently scrutinising the troubled 1MDB’s financials, claimed that a money trail showed that US$700 million were moved among government agencies, banks and companies before it ended up in Najib’s accounts.

The 1MDB taskforce involves the AGC, Bank Negara Malaysia, the police and the MACC.