KANGAR – Perlis Menteri Besar Mohd Shukri Ramli has confirmed that he is aware of his son’s arrest by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and will leave it to authorities to conduct their investigation.
“I have been informed of the news by the MACC and leave it to the discretion of the MACC, that’s all for now,” he said briefly when met by reporters after the Perlis state assembly sitting here today.
He was also reported as saying that he would “explain” MACC’s detention of his son in tomorrow’s state legislative assembly.
“I will answer in the dewan tomorrow. That’s all (I can say),” he said.
Asked about the MACC probe against his son, Shukri refused to comment.
“I don’t want to comment. I leave it to the MACC’s discretion,” the PAS leader said.
Earlier, the MACC remanded six men, including the son of a menteri besar, to assist in the investigation into a case of producing falsified documents to make RM600,000 in claims since 2022.
Two civil servants in the Menteri Besar’s Office and State Secretary’s Office and three company contractors, were also detained.
All the suspects, aged between 26 and 37, were detained by the MACC between 7am and 8am yesterday (April 23) around the state.
Magistrate Ana Rozana Mohd Nor granted a remand order against all the suspects from today until tomorrow to allow the MACC to conduct investigations under Section 18 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act (MACC) 2009.
Meanwhile, in Putrajaya, MACC special operations division senior director Datuk Azmi Kamaruzaman confirmed the arrest. – April 24, 2024