PUTRAJAYA, July 21 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission arrested another individual to assist in the investigation into corruption and abuse of power in rare earth element mining in Kedah.
The man is now remanded for four days, until July 24, after Magistrate M. Mageshwary allowed the MACC application at the Shah Alam Magistrate’s Court, today. A senior officer of Kedah Menteri Besar Incorporated , who was previously detained by the MACC to assist in the investigation of the case, has been released today, sources said.
The media previously reported that a senior Kedah MBI officer and a woman director of a company were arrested, to help investigate a corruption case of more than RM13 million, and abuse of power involving the issue of REE mining in Kedah.