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...

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...

MACC nabs civil servant for making fake land acquisition claims

KOTA KINABALU: Graft investigators have arrested a state civil servant for submitting a false claim to help his family members get about RM111,000 for land compensation payment for a road project in 2014. Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) said the suspect in his 50s was arrested when he turned up at the Sabah MACC office at around...

MACC nabs civil servant for making fake land acquisition claims

KOTA KINABALU: Graft investigators have arrested a state civil servant for submitting a false claim to help his family members get about RM111,000 for land compensation payment for a road project in 2014. Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) said the suspect in his 50s was arrested when he turned up at the Sabah MACC office at around...

MACC summons 10 individuals in HRD Corp audit investigation

PUTRAJAYA: Graft investigators have summoned 10 individuals for their statements in connection with their investigation into the Human Resource Development Corporation (HRD Corp) audit report. Bernama reported on Thursday (July 11) that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission's (MACC) senior director of investigation, Datuk Seri Hishamuddin Hashim, said the people called were staff of the corporation and the...

‘Datuk Seri’ detained by MACC over false claims

KUALA LUMPUR: A financial strategic adviser with a Datuk Seri title was detained by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on suspicion of submitting claims containing false particulars for company merger work valued at approximately RM150,000. An MACC source informed that the suspect, a man in his 50s, was detained at 5pm Tuesday (July 9) at the...

Graft enforcers visit ministry to get documents in HRD Corp probe

PUTRAJAYA: Officers from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission have gone to the Human Resources Ministry to obtain documents in relation to their investigation into the Human Resource Development Corporation audit report. It is learnt that a team of investigators arrived at the ministry around 11.20am on Tuesday (July 9) and left an hour later. However, it is not...

Malaysia’s BRICS entry, anti-corruption efforts among highlights in Parliament today

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s direction following its intention to join BRICS, and how this move could benefit the country’s economic development, will be discussed in the Dewan Rakyat on Tuesday (July 9). According to the Order Paper on Parliament’s official website, the matter will be raised by Lee Chuan How (PH-Ipoh Timor) in a question to the...

Two more remanded in connection with highway project bribery case

KUALA LUMPUR: Two directors of a sub-contractor company were the latest individuals to be remanded by graft busters in connection with bribes involved in a highway construction project in the Klang Valley worth more than RM1bil. Sources said the suspects—a man and woman in their 50s—were detained between 5pm and 7pm on Tuesday (July 2) after...

MACC warns of fake email account using Azam Baki’s name

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) denies that its chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki had spread accusations involving government agencies that went viral recently. MACC in a statement on Tuesday (July 2) said the dissemination of allegations involving a director-general of an enforcement department to several media and government agencies was from a fake...