Bribery – OwhYes !

03AugAugust 3, 2024

Lavishing gifts, organising parties for VIPs can foster culture of bribery in civil service, says EAIC chief

PUTRAJAYA: The practice of lavishing gifts, organising parties and sponsoring public service programmes – traditionally seen as gestures of respect and appreciation for high-ranking officials could foster a culture of bribery if left unchecked, says Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission (EAIC) chairman Tan Sri Dr Ismail Bakar. He said paying tribute – an age-old practice where subordinates...

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23JulJuly 23, 2024

Seven enforcement personnel remanded by MACC for taking monthly bribes

KUALA LUMPUR: Seven local authority enforcement personnel have been remanded for allegedly accepting monthly bribes of almost RM12,000 from businesses operating illegally. Sources said the suspects, aged between 30 and 40 years old, were detained by Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officers around the city between 8.30am and 11am on Monday (July 22) through a...

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17JulJuly 17, 2024

Highway COO detained for RM300,000 bribe in Putrajaya

PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has detained the chief operating officer (COO) of a highway concessionaire for allegedly receiving over RM300,000 in bribes. According to a source, the suspect, a man in his 50s, was detained around 8pm on Monday (July 15) when he arrived at the MACC headquarters here to have his statement recorded. "The...

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26JunJune 26, 2024

Highway concessionaire CEO among eight nabbed for bribery involving projects worth RM1.6bil

PUTRAJAYA: Eight people, including a chief executive officer and two senior management of a highway concessionaire, have been remanded, for allegedly accepting bribes involving the construction of two highways in Klang Valley, valued at RM1.6bil. It is learnt that the CEO, who is a Datuk and the two senior management have been remanded for four days...

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11JunJune 11, 2024

Company director among eight remanded for RM2mil graft involving Felda land

PUTRAJAYA: Eight individuals, including brokers, bank officers and a company director, have been remanded for alleged bribery involving close to RM2mil from a syndicate selling Felda-owned land in Melaka. It is learnt that graft investigators arrested three brokers and two civilians in Kuala Lumpur while two bank officers and a company director were arrested in Sabah. The...

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29MarMarch 29, 2024

Other senior cops likely to be involved in KL graft case, says MACC chief

PUTRAJAYA: Graft investigators are not ruling out the possibility of the involvement of other senior police officers in the case of a police officer arrested for allegedly taking bribes to overlook certain illegal activities, says Tan Sri Azam Baki. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner said this was being looked into as investigators are combing...

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15MarMarch 15, 2024

Two ‘Datuks’ among three nabbed by MACC for bribery, smuggling

PUTRAJAYA: Graft investigators have arrested three company owners, two of them Datuk, on the suspicion of giving bribes to civil servants so that action will not be taken against smuggling activities involving tobacco, cigarettes and liquor. The three, who were in their 30s, were nabbed when they were summoned to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission headquarters at...

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24OctOctober 24, 2023

MACC nabs married couple in driving test graft probe

JOHOR BARU: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has detained two more suspects, a husband and wife, in its investigation of corrupt practices in computerised driving tests. It is learnt that the 47-year-old man and 43-year-old woman are an administrative manager and a marketing manager respectively at a driving institute. They were arrested at Johor MACC headquarters at...

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29SepSeptember 29, 2023

Six S’ban hospital workers nabbed for bribery

SEREMBAN: Two more employees of a government hospital here have been remanded for allegedly soliciting and receiving bribes from undertakers. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) obtained a five-day remand order on the duo, in their 30s and 40s, from a Magistrate's Court here on Friday (Sept 29) morning. The application was filed by MACC prosecuting officer Zainab...

By Stephanie Chanmalaysia, NewsBribery, Government Hospital, MACC, Magistrate's Court, Remand, Seremban, Suspects, Undertakers0 CommentsRead more...

12SepSeptember 12, 2023

MACC arrests nine enforcement officials for soliciting, accepting bribes

ALOR SETAR: Nine enforcement agency officials have been arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on Monday (Sept 11) over allegedly soliciting and accepting bribes from fishing vessel owners and runners from 2018 to 2021. According to a MACC source, the enforcement officials were suspected to have received bribes as a reward for protecting and not...

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