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PUTRAJAYA: Two Datuks were among three company directors detained for five days from today for allegedly giving bribes worth millions of ringgit to officials of telecommunications (telecommunications) companies to reveal customer details.
The mobile phone numbers and personal information of telecommunications customers were allegedly obtained to carry out SMS fraud.
According to a source from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), the three men, aged between 41 and 48, were detained at MACC headquarters here between 9:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. yesterday, after arriving to have their declarations recorded.
The suspects, dressed in orange MACC T-shirts, arrived at the Magistrates Court here at 10:45 today.
The remand order against the three men was issued by Judge Shah Wira Abdul Halim after the MACC filed the request.
According to MACC sources, the three men are directors of three different companies.
They are suspected of paying telecommunications officials to obtain customer phone numbers.
These were allegedly used by content provider unions, via SMS, to charge subscription fees without the knowledge or consent of customers.
The case is being investigated under Section 16 (b) (A) of the MACC Act.
