KUALA LUMPUR: A company director has been remanded for seven days from Wednesday (Feb 23), to facilitate investigations into a RM2mil bribery case involving Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) officials in 2016 and 2017.

       The remand order was granted by the Magistrate's Court here after the remand application was made by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on Wednesday morning.

       According to a source from MACC, the 63-year-old man was detained at the MACC Kuala Lumpur office at 3.10pm Tuesday (Feb 22) when he was there to give his statement.

       The man is believed to have bribed KTMB officials as an inducement to help his company secure railroad construction and port development contracts in the Songkhla region in Thailand.

       Kedah MACC director Datuk Shaharom Nizam Abd Manap, who confirmed the arrest, also said the case was being investigated under Section 17 (a) of the MACC Act 2009. - Bernama