SHAH ALAM: The Magistrate’s Court here has issued an order for another government department engineer to be remanded for five days to facilitate a corruption investigation.

       The order was issued by Magistrate Court assistant registrar Raden Farah Shirazee Ahmadi following an application by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).

       According to a MACC source, the 40-year-old engineer was arrested on Friday after giving his statement.

       On Aug 18, five people including an engineer and two assistant engineers, were ordered to be remanded for investigation into the same case.

       They are believed to have solicited and received bribes amounting to over RM120,000 from a contractor to obtain projects for a road and a tahfiz in Hulu Selangor.

       They are also alleged to have solicited and received bribes of more than RM8,000 for the maintenance and repair of a government office. — Bernama