MACC detains 38-year-old ‘Datuk’ over false documents to secure RM8.9m govt project

KUALA LUMPUR, March 10 — A company manager with the title of “Datuk” was detained by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) today on suspicion of submitting documents with false details to secure a project worth RM8.9 million from a ministry.

According to MACC sources, the project was a tender to supply food to a government institution for a two-year period from 2018.

The 38-year-old man was detained at the MACC headquarters here at noon but was freed on MACC bail after his statement was recorded.

Putrajaya MACC director Hasbilah Mohamad Salleh confirmed the arrest in a statement by MACC tonight.

 “The case was being investigated under Section 18 of the MACC Act 2009,” he said in the statement.