Three senior government officers were today remanded in Malacca, Putrajaya and Kota Baru respectively following yesterday's seizure of assets worth millions of ringgit in raids by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).

They are remanded until Aug 22 to assist with investigations under Section 17(a) and Section 23 of the MACC Act for soliciting bribes.

The suspect in Malacca, 56, has the title of 'Datuk' while the suspect in Putrajaya holds the 'Datuk Seri' title, Bernama reported.

The 'Datuk Seri', 54, a senior officer with Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL), is also being investigated under the Anti-Money Laundering, Ant-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001.

He was arrested at his office in the DBKL building in Kuala Lumpur at 3.07pm yesterday, the newswire reported.

"His house was also searched and a BMW car seized, as well as documents from his office and house," his lawyer, Azizzul Shariman Mat Yusoff, said.

The Kota Baru suspect, 47, is a senior Tenaga Nasional Bhd branch manager.

Announcing the arrests yesterday, the MACC said it froze the trio's bank accounts which contained RM13 million, a luxury real estate including a penthouse and a bungalow and a Maserati, BMW and Audi cars.

The houses and cars, MACC said, were believed to have been procured through graft and money laundering.

"In the raid, MACC also found cash amounting to about RM400,000, including foreign currencies, as well as semi-luxury watches," it added.

Sources told Malaysiakini that the cash was found hidden in the ceiling of one of the properties, and were mostly in bundles of RM50 and RM100 notes.

Newly-appointed MACC chief commissioner Dzulkifli Ahmad earlier said the anti-graft body is focusing on wiping out corruption in the civil service.