KUALA TERENGGANU: The Magistrate’s Court here released a man who had been remanded by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission(MACC) since June 8 on connection with football match fixing.
The suspect, a businessman, was however re-arrested by MACC officers as he was walking out of the Kuala Terengganu Court Complex in relation to another case.
According to the suspect’s counsel, Alias Abdullah, his client was re-arrested under Section 4(1) of the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Act 2001.
Local media had previously reported that a former coach of the T-Team’s squad for the President’s Cup as allegedly having confessed to receiving thousands of ringgit in bribes to fix matches last year.-Bernama
