KANGAR: The son of a Mentri Besar is among six individuals remanded by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) here to assist in investigations regarding a case of submitting false documents and claims involving RM600,000 over the past two years. Magistrate Ana Rozana Mohd Nor granted the remand order for all suspects starting Wednesday (April 24) until...
KUALA TERENGGANU: A former Terengganu Islamic Religion and Malay Customs Council (Maidam) member and his wife pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here on Monday (April 22) to abuse of power and submitting false claims related to the distribution of zakat worth almost RM20,000, from 2019 to 2021. Datuk Mohamad Zahari Harun, 64, and his...
MELAKA: Two bank officers have been arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) for allegedly soliciting bribes totalling RM316,064 from several law firms here. The two are aged 35 and 43 and were detained when they turned up at the MACC office in Alai here on Wednesday evening (April 17) to have their statements recorded. The two...
PETALING JAYA: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad claims that graft busters are saying that he has committed an offence under Section 23 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act, according to a notice sent to his son. The former prime minister said this was despite Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain stating that he was not being...
SHAH ALAM: A former director of a massage centre and his wife were slapped with 68 charges at the Sessions Court here for receiving financial inducement from a massage oil supplier. Chuah Seong Keat, 59, and Wong Choi Nyet, 58, claimed trial to all charges read to them in Malay before Sessions Judge Awang Kerisnada Awang...
PETALING JAYA: His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, reaffirms that fighting corruption, the country's number one enemy, will be a major focus of his reign. Sultan Ibrahim said he had granted an audience to Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki on Monday (April 1) to find out the latest developments from...
PETALING JAYA: His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, reaffirms that fighting corruption, the country's number one enemy, will be a major focus of his reign. Sultan Ibrahim said he had granted an audience to Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki on Monday (April 1) to find out the latest developments from...
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...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has detained the owner and director of a company suspected of colluding with a cigarette and alcohol smuggling syndicate. According to sources, both individuals allegedly had roles as collectors of mule accounts to be used in paying bribes to civil servants involved in releasing containers filled with cigarettes and...
PETALING JAYA: Ten civil servants have been arrested for allegedly taking over RM3mil in bribes from smugglers. According to sources, the suspects, aged in their 30s to 50s, were arrested with five others when they went to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) headquarters on Tuesday to have their statements recorded. “The arrests were made following Op Samba...
