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Senior govt agency official, company director remanded seven days in bribery probe

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 — A senior official of a government agency and a company director have been remanded for seve...

Senior govt agency official, company director remanded seven days in bribery probe

A senior government agency official and a company director have been detained for seven days on charges of accepting bribery totaling around RM15,000, according to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC). The bribery is alleged to have been used to secure supply work for the government agency. The suspects, both in their 50s and 60s, appeared before Magistrate Aliaa Anwar at the Kuala Lumpur Magistrate's Court and were remanded until October 19.

The investigation, which reportedly involved collusion between the suspects from 2021 to 2023, is being handled under Section 17(a) of the MACC Act 2009.

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