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PUTRAJAYA: A senior telecommunications company sales official is the latest individual arrested for alleged bribery related to an SMS scam syndicate.
The 37-year-old suspect has been in pretrial detention for five days to assist in an investigation by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
Judge Shah Wira Abdul Halim allowed the suspect to remain in pre-trial detention until November 23 after MACC prosecutors submitted a request to detain him on Thursday (November 19).
The latest arrest brings the total number of people caught by the SMS scam syndicate to 18.
The suspect was arrested at MACC headquarters around 7:30 pm on Wednesday (November 18) when he arrived to have his statement recorded.
Meanwhile, a former official of the telecommunications company who was in custody for the case has been released.
The phone numbers are known to have been used by a “content provider” company to charge customers via SMS without their knowledge or permission.
The case is being investigated under Section 16 of the MACC Act of 2009.
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