SHAH ALAM – Six bank employees have been remanded for seven days from today for allegedly soliciting and accepting bribes from applicants of personal loans amounting to RM18 million between 2018 and last year.
The remand order was issued by magistrate Raja Noor Adilla Raja Mahyaldin following an application by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
The men, aged between 36 and 45 and attached with bank branches in the Klang Valley, were arrested by MACC yesterday.
According to a source, the suspects were believed to have solicited and received bribes of between 15% and 35% of the 110 personal loans, which were worth about RM18 million.
Following their arrest, MACC also confiscated about RM69,000 in cash, as well as several luxury watches and mobile phones at their homes in Selangor and Putrajaya. – Bernama, June 9, 2021
