MACC chief commissioner Latheefa Koya (left) and MACC deputy chief commissioner of operations Datuk Seri Azam Baki (right) attend the Regional Workshop on Promoting Beneficial Ownership Transparency in Southeast Asia at Parkroyal Hotel in Kuala Lumpur July 22, 2019. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 — Corruption investigators will be applying to hold longer a deputy public prosecutor (DPP) and a private lawyer who were arrested on suspicion of taking bribes at the Kuala Kubu Baru courthouse last week after the expiry of their first five-day remand order today.
Depuy chief commissioner of operations at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Datuk Seri Azam Baki said six policemen arrested in the courthouse sting along with the two lawyers have been released.
“Our officers will process to apply for a remand order in magistrate court today for the lawyer and the DPP,’’ he said.
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