{
  "id": 16867359,
  "title": "RM1m to look the other way? Two enforcement officers among five nabbed in Johor MACC foreign worker graft probe",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/rm1m-to-look-the-other-way-two-enforcement-officers-among-five-nabbed",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-28T07:36:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Malay Mail",
    "slug": "malay-mail-malaymail",
    "url": "https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2026/10/28/rm1m-to-look-the-other-way-two-enforcement-officers-among-five-nabbed-in-johor-macc-graft-probe/240976"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.\n\nThe 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.\n\nThe 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.",
  "summary": "JOHOR BAHRU, Oct 28 — The Johor Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has remanded five individuals, includi...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Malaysiakini",
        "title": "MOE to probe school meal tender allegations, ready to cooperate with MACC",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/moe-to-probe-school-meal-tender-allegations-ready-to-cooperate-with",
        "published": "2026-10-28T01:07:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "MACC arrests two officers, three others over RM1mil bribes to protect foreign workers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/macc-arrests-two-officers-three-others-over-rm1mil-bribes-to-protect",
        "published": "2026-10-28T05:51:14.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}