KUALA LUMPUR – A seven-day remand order has been issued for a former enforcement director of a government agency over an alleged multimillion-ringgit corruption case.
The suspect was accused of soliciting and accepting bribes on a monthly basis from a contractor company between July 2019 and March 2021 to help get a tender for a cleaning work contract worth RM3.1 million.
The remand order until January 30 was issued by magistrate Nadia Othman at the Kuala Lumpur magistrates’ court after the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) made the application this morning.
According to sources, the suspect, a man in his 40s, was arrested at the Sabah MACC office at 2pm yesterday after giving a statement.
The accused is believed to have solicited and received bribes to secure the tender for the privatisation of solid waste collection and public cleansing management in the northern region.
The case is being investigated under Section 16 of the MACC Act 2009. – The Vibes, January 24, 2022
