{
  "id": 3867735,
  "title": "Saravanan didakwa terima rasuah RM1.097 juta berkait kuota pekerja asing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/saravanan-didakwa-terima-rasuah-rm1-097-juta-berkait-kuota-pekerja-3867735",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-28T01:34:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2026/08/28/saravanan-didakwa-terima-rasuah-rm1-097-juta-berkait-kuota-pekerja-asing"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Former Malaysian Human Resources Minister M Saravanan has been charged with receiving RM1.097 million in bribes related to foreign worker quotas between June and July 2022. Speaking in the Magistrate's Court, the 58-year-old Saravanan expressed his innocence in relation to the three charges of receiving bribes totaling RM1.097 million connected to the foreign worker quotas, just four years after the charges were filed. Saravanan was charged with receiving money from Vectica Resources Sdn Bhd director Tan Teck Lim through Syed Amirul Syed Ahmad, in exchange for his support, in his capacity as Human Resources Minister, in granting 1,000 foreign worker quotas for TYKB Engineering Sdn Bhd. The former minister and MIC deputy chairman was accused of receiving the money in three transactions between June and July 2022. For the first charge, Saravanan was accused of receiving RM150,000 in cash from Tan via Syed Amirul at the Bukit Jalil Golf & Country Resort on June 16, 2022. For the second charge, he was accused of receiving RM350,000 in cash from Tan via Syed Amirul at Jalan Telawi 3, Bangsar, on July 7, 2022. The third charge involved RM597,000 allegedly received from Tan via Syed Amirul through a Maybank Islamic cheque deposited into Big Seven Ventures Sdn Bhd's Maybank Islamic Bhd account on July 7, 2022. All charges were made under Section 16(a)(B) of the Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009, which can result in penalties under Section 24(1) of the same Act.",
  "summary": "Bekas menteri sumber manusia mengaku tidak bersalah terhadap tiga pertuduhan dikemukakan di bawah Akta Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia 2009.",
  "key_points": [],
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Saravanan didakwa terima rasuah RM1.097 juta berkait kuota pekerja asing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/saravanan-didakwa-terima-rasuah-rm1-097-juta-berkait-kuota-pekerja",
        "published": "2026-08-28T01:34:25.000Z"
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  "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."
}