4-day remand for 4 directors, staff of frozen meat import companies

4-day remand for 4 directors, staff of frozen meat import companies

The suspects, aged between 39 and 50, were detained at the Johor MACC office last night.

The four suspects, including the director of a company linked to the smuggling of frozen meat, being led out from the Johor Bahru Magistrates’ Court earlier today. (Bernama pic)
JOHOR BAHRU:
Four individuals, including directors of two companies involved in the import of frozen meat, were remanded for four days from today by the Magistrates’ Court here on suspicion of being involved in corrupt activities on the issue of smuggling frozen meat, early last month.

The remand order was issued by assistant registrar Nur Izzaty Muhammad to allow the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to probe further into the case under Section 17b of the MACC Act 2009.

Three of the suspects – two men and a woman – were the director, managing director and a clerk of one of the companies and were represented by lawyer Wan Muhd Ariff Ameer Wan Normazlan, while the other suspect was a director of the other company and was represented by lawyer Yap Che Kai.

All of them, aged between 39 and 50, were detained at the Johor MACC office last night to assist in the ongoing investigation.

Earlier, the MACC in a statement said they had identified the frozen meat importers believed to have been involved in corrupt activities.

They said this was made possible with cooperation from the domestic trade and consumer affairs ministry, the Department of Veterinary Services (DVS), the Department of Malaysian Quarantine Inspection Services (Maqis) and the Customs Department.

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