4th person remanded in 1MDB probe, court allows bail for another
Published: 25 July 2015 12:05 PM
One of the two suspects (in orange) at the magistrate's court in Putrajaya this morning. – The Malaysian Insider pic by Kamal Ariffin, July 25, 2015.
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officials brought Datuk Rosman Abdullah, the managing director of a construction and development company, to the Putrajaya magistrates' court today at around 10.15am for remand proceedings.
MACC prosecutors had requested a seven-day remand order but the court only allowed four.
The 48-year-old is the managing director of a construction and development company, said to be from the same company as Jerome Lee, who had been remanded earlier in connection with 1MDB investigations. |
| Jerome Lee |
Lee was remanded on Tuesday and on an RM100,000 bail yesterday. Information online showed that 39-year-old is group executive director of construction firm Putrajaya Perdana Berhad, and it is learnt he had been previously employed as an investment director with 1MDB.
Lee is also said to have dealings with SRC International Sdn Bhd, which is now owned by the Finance Ministry but was once a subsidiary of 1MDB. The company was also mentioned in allegations by The Wall Street Journal as one of the entities in the flow of money to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's personal accounts.
Meanwhile, the court today released Datuk Shamsul Anwar Sulaiman of Ihsan Perdana Sdn Bhd on bail today. His five-day remand was to have ended tomorrow.
Magistrate Nik Isfahanie Tasnim Wan Ab Rahman set the bail for Shamsul Anwar at RM100,000 in two sureties.
Rosman and Ariffin Ismail Shahul Hameed are now the two currently in remand for investigations.
Ariffin, 28, the owner of a trading company, was remanded yesterday for four days after being arrested on Thursday night. – July 25, 2015.
