RM1m to look the other way? Two enforcement officers among five nabbed in Johor MACC foreign worker graft probe

Johor's Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has apprehended five individuals, encompassing two federal enforcement officers, in connection with a lucrative foreign worker agency bribery scheme. On October 28, Magistrate A. Dhilip Nair issued a five-day remand for the suspects, with their trial set to commence on November 1. The remaining three detainees were foreign worker agents.

The five suspects, ranging in age from their 40s to 60s, were apprehended between 10 am and 4 pm yesterday in coordinated raids conducted in Selangor and Johor. Preliminary inquiries revealed their alleged collusion to solicit and receive bribes in exchange for refraining from enforcement actions against foreign workers under the agency's watch.

The MACC posits that the alleged offenses transpired between 2018 and 2025, involving a total of 44 online money transfers amounting to approximately RM1 million during the specified period. The investigation is being carried out under Sections 16(a)(B) and 16(b)(B) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009, following a probe by the MACC Intelligence Division.