The son of former Tabung Haji chairperson Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim, who was detained by the MACC yesterday to assist investigations into a corruption case, was released after giving his statement to the commission early this morning.

According to MACC sources, the unemployed 24-year-old man was released at about 2am.

He was detained at around noon yesterday after presenting himself at the MACC headquarters here.

It was reported that his detention was linked to MACC’s probe into a corruption case involving a government project worth millions of ringgit.

The man was the fifth individual arrested by the commission over the same case since Sept 26, including his father, who is also Umno supreme council member, and uncle, Abdul Latif Abdul Rahim.

Both of them were released yesterday on RM1 million bail each after being remanded for 10 days.

- Bernama