MACC identifies two more companies linked to data centre bribery
According to a source, several company directors have also been identified during the course of the investigation.
"Several of these company directors will be called in to assist with the investigation.
"Investigations also found that the main suspect, the project manager, admitted to demanding three per cent of the project value from any company seeking to obtain projects from the prominent construction company," the source said today.
It was revealed that this was done by leaking project tender prices and assisting to ensure that companies which paid the bribes would secure the tenders.
"The bribes were paid in stages according to the progress payments of the projects.
"It is understood that there are still several million ringgit yet to be paid by the companies to the suspect, as agreed under their arrangement," the source added.
It was reported yesterday that a project manager of a construction company burnt nearly RM1 million in cash when the MACC raided his home in Petaling Jaya on Thursday.
Sources said that during the raid at his home in Petaling Jaya, the MACC team discovered nearly RM1 million in RM100 notes that had been burned.
The raiding team had also found RM7.5 million in cash hidden in several pillow boxes along with three luxury watches comprising Rolex, Omega and Cartier as well as jewellery including rings and gold coins.
The suspect, along with his wife and two company directors, were arrested on Friday in connection with the corruption case involving the procurement of a data centre construction project in Johor worth around RM180 million.
The project manager was remanded for seven days, his wife for three days, while the two company directors were remanded for five days.
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