The two were arrested under suspicion of corruption and submitting false claims amounting to millions of ringgit to the Defence Ministry.The directors, both aged 44, are business partners and own three companies which authorities believe have been monopolising the projects.Sources also said companies belonging to the suspects were awarded the"Jiwa Murni" project under the Defence Ministry from 2010 to 2016.
According to the same source, a technical study done found that the roads built did not meet the Works Department's specifications at all. It is learnt that the Sarawak government had ordered the Works department to do repair and upgrading works, which the contractor had failed to do.