MELAKA (May 3): Two former officials of a mosque committee here are in remand for four days beginning today to facilitate investigation into the sale of the mosque's endowment land half a decade ago, Bernama reported today.
The state Magistrate's Court assistant registrar Mohd Anuar Ostadi issued the remand order against the two men, aged 61 and 46, after an application by the MACC.
The two were held after they gave statements on the case at the Melaka MACC office yesterday, Bernama reported.
They are held under Section 16 (a)(A) of the MACC Act 2009 and Section 405 of the Penal Code for investigations.
According to media reports, they were alleged to have took a bribe of RM116,000 from a non-Muslim man to facilitate the sale and purchase of the endowment land belonging to the mosque in Kampung Bukit Cina here in 2012.
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