Enforcement officer detained on suspicion of taking RM190,000 in bribes
KUALA LUMPUR: An enforcement officer in Perak has been remanded for three days after he was suspected of accepting RM190,000 in bribes.
A Malaysian enforcement officer in Perak has been detained for three days on suspicion of accepting RM190,000 in bribes, according to authorities. The suspect, aged in his 40s, is accused of receiving the money from a cooking oil packaging company in exchange for facilitating the acquisition of subsidised cooking oil quotas and evading enforcement actions.
The remand order, valid until Sunday, was issued by Senior Assistant Registrar Mohd Shazmeer Zamhari after the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) applied at Ipoh magistrate's court on the same day. The suspect was apprehended at 5pm yesterday upon his appearance at the Taiping MACC office to give a statement. Initial investigations revealed that the alleged bribery took place between 2022 and 2026, with the suspect allegedly receiving the bribes through 19 cheques deposited into his personal bank account. Azizul Ahmad Sarkawi, the Perak MACC director, confirmed the detention when contacted.
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