Malaysia’s former HR minister charged with receiving over US$270,000 in bribes
M Saravanan is accused of receiving the money in 2022 to approve foreign worker quotas for an engineering firm.
Malaysia's former human resources minister, M Saravanan, has been charged with receiving over US$270,000 in bribes to approve foreign worker quotas for an engineering firm. The charges were filed on August 28 at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court, where Saravanan pleaded not guilty to three counts under the country's anti-graft law.
He is accused of accepting RM150,000, RM350,000, and RM597,000 in cash from Tan Teck Lim, through Syed Amirul Syed Ahmad, between June and July 2022. The payments were allegedly made to encourage the approval of quota applications for TYKB Engineering Sdn Bhd, a Kuala Lumpur-based firm. Saravanan, who served as HR minister under two prime ministers between 2020 and 2022, has been ordered to post RM450,000 bail and report to the nearest MACC office every three months. He is also barred from contacting witnesses.
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