LABUAN – Three civil servants from a Labuan-based Sabah government department here were remanded for five days starting today until January 23 in connection with corruption charges.
Magistrate Kasyfurrahman Abang Ahmad issued the remand order after an application was made by the Labuan Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) prosecuting officer Mohd Akmal Hakim Yusof.
The trio who were attached to the Sabah Ports and Harbours Department at its Kota Kinabalu and Lahad Datu offices respectively and were arrested at the Labuan MACC office around noon yesterday after their statements were taken.
They were alleged to have received between RM3,000 and RM5,000 for each Sabah Licenced Small Vessel licensing application from several tour operators between 2017 and 2019.
The issuance of the alleged licences was not in accordance with the Stability and Buoyance Assessment and Approval Letter for Additional Passengers from the department’s headquarters.
Further investigations are being done under Section 17(a) of the MACC Act 2009. – Bernama, January 19, 2023
