Magistrate Nur Dahlia Azmi issued the order against the men, aged 48 and 51, who were arrested in Kedah, for investigation under Section 8 (1) of the Official Secrets Act (OSA) 1972.
Altogether, 14 people, 12 of them teachers, one an insurance agent and one, an engineer, have been remanded so far to help in the probe into the leak.
After the leak was detected, English papers 014/1 and 014/2 were cancelled after pupils had sat for the papers last Thursday, while the examination for the Science 018, 028 and 038 papers was postponed before students could sit for them on the same day.
The Examinations Syndicate has fixed Sept 30 as the new date for the examinations in the two subjects.
Meanwhile, MCA Education Bureau deputy chairman Chong Sin Woon hoped the panel could come up with recommendations where interest groups of the education systems could play a better role to uphold its integrity.
He said reviewing the MES’ SOP was also timely.
“It is a shameful incident and the Government cannot afford to let it happen again.
“The education ministry has to further empower the state (education departments), teachers and parents to help monitor the effectiveness of our education system” he said.
Chong also suggested that names of those involved in the leak should be published as a preventive measure and to show that the government was viewing the issue very seriously.
Earlier this week, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said a special committee was being set up to review the SOP of MES after the UPSR English and Science examination papers leaked.
The eight-member independent committee is headed by former chief justice Tun Zaki Azmi.
Those sitting in the committee are Malaysian Institute of Integrity president Datuk Dr Mohd Tap Salleh and Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission chairman Datuk Mohamed Sharil Mohamed Tarmizi.
The committee has three months to complete its investigation and submit recommendations to the Government.
— BERNAMA
