Tag - MACC Act 2009

Terengganu MACC arrests couple for procurement abuse

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in Terengganu has arrested a married couple suspected of abusing their positions within a state agency to secure procurement contracts valued at over RM200,000. According to a source, the male suspect, aged around 30, was detained at his office around noon on Monday (July 15), while his wife, also...

Government department director remanded over bribery allegations

KOTA BHARU: A government department director has been remanded for two days from Thursday (June 6) to assist in investigations into allegations of soliciting and accepting bribes amounting to hundreds of thousands of ringgit. The remand order on the 58-year-old man was issued by Magistrate Rais Imran Hamid. Earlier, the man, wearing an orange lock-up shirt and...

Court rejects Guan Eng, Betty Chew and Phang’s bid to strike out graft charges

GEORGE TOWN: The High Court here has rejected Former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng, his wife Betty Chew and businesswoman Phang Li Koon's bid to strike out corruption charges involving a RM11.6mil foreign workers' dormitory project. Judicial Commissioner Rofiah Mohamad said she rejected the bid to strike out the case as there was a major...