Warisan leader released on RM50,000 bail
Published on: Saturday, October 14, 2017
Kota Kinabalu: A Sabah political party leader who was remanded to facilitate investigations into the misappropriation of rural infrastructure development funds in Sabah involving RM180 million was released Friday.The 46-year-old man was released on Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) bail of RM50,000 with two sureties before Magistrate Cindy Mc Juce Balitus.The proceeding was conducted at a private hospital here and MACC was represented by prosecuting officer Mohd Faliq Basiruddin.
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Earlier the man was remanded for five days since Friday and then further remanded for another three days from Tuesday before he was admitted to the KPJ Damai Hospital due to dehydration and high blood pressure.The man is among seven individuals detained to date to help in investigations over alleged misappropriation of funds for rural projects amounting to RM180 million, said to be part of the estimated RM1.5 billion misappropriated in a ministry.The RM1.5 billion was part of the federal government's allocation to a ministry amounting to RM7.5 billion to implement rural projects in Sabah from 2009 to 2015.Earlier, one of his lawyers Loretto J.Padua told Daily Express his client was not trying to avoid the extension of his three-day remand when admitted to a private hospital on Wednesday.
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He said his client was having health problems that need medical attention.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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Apart from Martin Tommy and Padua in the team, the Warisan leader was also represented by Cedric Choo, Norazmi Alimat and Jaikul Situn.
