PETALING JAYA: A former mayor of the Iskandar Puteri City Council (MBIP) has been remanded until Friday for an investigation into allegations of corruption.
According to Harian Metro, magistrate Mohd Zulhilmi Ibrahim granted the three-day remand order today after the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) made an application yesterday.
Johor MACC had arrested the suspect at its office at 3pm yesterday.
FMT had quoted an informed source as saying the man was arrested for allegedly accepting bribes from a contractor to approve projects that had been managed by MBIP when he was the mayor.
The case is being investigated under Section 17(a) of the MACC Act 2009, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years’ jail and a fine of not less than five times the value of the bribe, or RM10,000, whichever is higher.