SHAH ALAM: The Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) deputy director of enforcement and his assistant pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court here to two charges of corruption. Muhamad Irwan Abdullah, 44, and his assistant Zahari Muhammad, 34, entered their pleas after the charges were read before Judge Datuk Anita Harun. They are accused of jointly soliciting...
KOTA KINABALU: Graft busters picked up a government department enforcement officer for suspicion of accepting RM120,000 in bribes to shield cigarette smuggling operations and releasing seized contraband. The suspect, a man in his 30s, was arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on Saturday (Aug 10) at 4pm during an operation in Sabah’s interior Keningau. “Initial investigations...
IPOH: A 46-year-old Penang Road Transport Department (JPJ) assistant enforcement officer has been slapped with five charges of accepting bribes amounting to RM3,300. Saibullah Zaid Abdul Halim from Sungai Jawi, Penang, pleaded not guilty after the charges under Section 165 of the Penal Code was read to him before Sessions Court judge Datuk Ibrahim Osman here...
ALOR SETAR: Three law enforcement officers were arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in Kedah on suspicion of soliciting and accepting bribes amounting to RM36,000 to protect the seedy side of massage parlours around the state last year. According to a source, the three male suspects from different government agencies were arrested between 8pm and...
KUALA LUMPUR: A former policewoman who accepted a RM6,000 bribe to shut down a molest case has been fined RM8,000 in default of 40 days' jail by the Sessions Court here. The accused, Nur Mastisha Maidinsha, 39 pleaded guilty to two counts of accepting bribes totalling RM6,000 from the father of a suspect in a sexual...
JOHOR BARU: A 52-year-old medical laboratory technologist claimed trial to 25 charges of receiving bribes amounting to RM16,150 at the Sessions Court here in relation to a recent urine-tampering controversy. Saifulamin Sabran pleaded not guilty after the charges were read to him in front of judge Datuk Ahmad Kamal Arifin Ismail on Sunday (Feb 18). According to...
KUALA LUMPUR: A managing director of a tractor distribution company has been detained in connection with a suspected graft involving a RM25mil agriculture tractor supply project. The woman, in her 50s, was remanded until Feb 8. She was brought to Putrajaya Magistrate's Court on Tuesday (Feb 6), where Magistrate Irza Zulaikha Rohanuddin issued the remand order. Sources said...
SEREMBAN: The owners of two recycling companies here have been remanded for seven days over an alleged RM4,000 bribe to an enforcement officer. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission obtained the remand order on the duo on Tuesday (Jan 23) following an application by its prosecuting officer Zainab Yahya before magistrate Nurul Saqinah Rosli here. The owners, in their...
KOTA KINABALU: Graft-busters have arrested another suspect in connection with a syndicate involving enforcement officers approving driving licences for applicants without the compulsory driving tests here. The foreigner in his 40s was detained when he went to provide a statement at the Lahad Datu Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office at 4pm on Tuesday (Nov 21). A seven-day...
PUTRAJAYA: An executive with a company providing foreign worker management systems has been arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) for allegedly taking RM45,000 in bribes. It is learnt the bribes were an inducement to make changes in the computer system between June and October this year. An MACC spokesman said the woman, in her 20s, was...
