PUTRAJAYA: Using business credit facilities provided by his company, a general manager is believed to have submitted false documents to obtain a loan for ￡4.2mil (RM23.2mil).

       The man, a Korean national, and two others came up with false documents for the loan to purportedly buy 24 units of pre-owned vehicles from abroad in 2015, according to a source.

       However, no vehicles were purchased although the loan was obtained.

       The three were arrested when they were summoned to give their statements at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission headquarters here on Tuesday.

       The suspects, who are in their 30s and 40s, were brought to the Magistrate’s Court yesterday for a remand order.

       Magistrate Shah Wira Abdul Halim allowed for the general manager and another suspect to be remanded for three days until April 1, while the other suspect will be remanded for five days until April 3.

       MACC senior investigations director Datuk Seri Hishamuddin Hashim confirmed the arrests.

       In Kuala Lumpur, graft investigators arrested a former project manager following allegations of bribery amounting to RM30,000 in the award of work to a certain company.

       Sources said the 41-year-old suspect was believed to have accepted bribes channelled to a bank account of another company, which he owns.

       It is learnt that the money came from the manager of a company given the job to supply and install signboards and logos for a media company.

       The suspect, who was arrested on Tuesday at the MACC Kuala Lumpur office, will be remanded for five days until April 3.