Datuk from 1MDB-linked company second person remanded
(TMI) – Datuk Shamsul Anwar Sulaiman of Ihsan Perdana Sdn Bhd was remanded today over investigations into debt-ridden state fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).
He was picked up yesterday afternoon at The Curve shopping mall in Mutiara Damansara, and was brought to the headquarters of the anti-graft authority for questioning, where he was arrested.
He was brought to the magistrate’s court in Putrajaya today where police obtained a five-day remand order
This is the second individual now under remand over investigations into 1MDB.
Ihsan Perdana is a company that undertakes corporate social responsibility (CSR) programmes for 1MDB’s charity foundation.
It was mentioned in The Wall Street Journal report on July 2 as one of the entities in the money trail of billions of ringgit that went to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s personal bank accounts.
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) prosecutor Ahmad Sazilee Abdul Khairy today said that Shamsul, 54, was met at The Curve yesterday, before being taken to the agency’s headquarters where he was arrested under Section 17 (a) of the MACC Act.
Sazilee said they had wanted a seven-day remand order but magistrate Eric Lau allowed a five-day remand until Sunday.
