Boy Iman tastes freedom for a short period before being rearrested

DBI Properties managing director Datuk Nuruliman A. Rahman shared a short moment of triumph before he was rearrested again after a magistrate’s court here rejected the application to have him remanded over an alleged housing scam.

Magistrate Dianne Ningrad Nor Azhar rejected the fourday remand application against the 37yearold after hearing his lawyer Faizul Mohd Nasir’s submission yesterday.

Upon leaving the courthouse, Nuruliman, better known as actor Boy Iman, showed the thumbs up and smiled with joy at reporters who were snapping away with their cameras.

He earlier arrived clad in orange lockup uniform and shunned the cameras. Although it was not confirmed where he will be brought to next, sources said he could be brought to Johor as reports against him had been lodged there.

Penang Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) chief Asst Comm Abdul Ghani Ahmad confirmed the rearrest and said the decision of where to bring Nuruliman would be decided by Bukit Aman.

He was arrested on Oct 3 at the Bukit Indah police station in Ampang, Selangor, and remanded there, and then subsequently also remanded in Muar, Johor; Shah Alam, Selangor; Sungai Petani and Kubang Pasu, Kedah; and Kangar, Perlis, before being brought to Penang.

The court also rejected the remand applications for three other company directors aged between 30 and 45, suspected to have been involved in the case.

All suspects were previously remanded to assist in investigations under Section 420 of the Penal Code for the cheating case involving millions of ringgit.

Nuruliman is one of three suspects in a housing scam which led to some RM6.2mil in losses being incurred by victims of the scheme.

He was under investigation for house sales by DBI Properties and Syarikat Juta Kelulut Global Resources, and 210 police reports have been lodged throughout the country.

The houses were allegedly offered at belowmarket prices to buyers, such as a bungalow measuring 1,650 sq ft being offered for RM60,000.

However, once payment was made, the construction did not take place.