KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 29 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has detained the owner of a food company on suspicion of submitting documents containing a false claim of RM450,000 related to a food supply contract for a skills training programme.

According to a reliable source, the female suspect in her 50s was detained when she appeared to provide her statement at the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya at 8.45pm on Monday.

“The suspect is believed to have committed the act in 2018 by submitting a claim of food supplies for a skills training programme to a government agency through a foundation in the capital.

“Initial investigations also found that several names of participants cited in the claim denied any involvement in the skills training programme and that the food supply was not delivered as stated in the claims document,” he said.

According to the source, a three-day remand order from October 28 until tomorrow was issued by Magistrate Izra Zulaikha Rohanuddin after MACC made an application at the Putrajaya Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Meanwhile, Investigation Division senior director Datuk Zainul Darus, when contacted, confirmed the arrest and said the case is being investigated under Section 18 of the MACC Act 2009. — Bernama

 Malay Mail – Malaysia