Detainees include 18 enforcement agency officers, says sources

KUALA LUMPUR, July 19 — The project manager of a leading construction company, who was arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) over alleged corruption involving a data centre construction project tender, was reportedly willing to burn nearly RM1 million in cash to destroy evidence.

PUTRAJAYA, July 18 — The contract manager of a prominent construction company is among four individuals arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) for suspected involvement in corrupt activities related to the procurement of a tender for a data centre construction project in Johor, valued at about RM180 million.

PUTRAJAYA, June 25 — A Public Works Department (JKR) director of a certain state will be charged at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court tomorrow in connection with a corruption case involving the receipt of bribes from several contractors linked to government maintenance projects.

PUTRAJAYA, April 30 — Four individuals, including one with the title ‘Datuk Seri’, have been remanded for four days until Saturday (May 3) in connection with an alleged submission of false claims amounting to RM360 million.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) recently held a bilateral meeting with the Indonesian Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in Jakarta to further strengthen ties between the two agencies.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 — A civil servant was arrested in Ops Outlander, an operation targeting a syndicate involved in late birth registration, on suspicion of accepting bribes ranging from RM10,000 to RM15,000 for each birth certificate issued.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 14 — The legal practitioner arrested over corruption related to birth registration is suspected of processing birth certificate applications after receiving payment from applicants.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 12 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has remanded 12 individuals in connection with corruption involving late birth registration of non-citizens to citizens and birth registration using false supporting documents.

PUTRAJAYA, March 12 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has arrested 16 individuals on suspicion of corruption involving the late registration of births of non-citizens to citizens and birth registration using false supporting documents.

PUTRAJAYA, March 3 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has frozen 61 bank accounts with a total value of RM15 million in connection with the illegal processing and disposal of electrical and electronic waste (e-waste).

SEGAMAT, Feb 24 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has arrested 16 individuals, including company owners, on suspicion of bribing enforcement officers in connection with the processing and disposal of illegal electrical and electronic waste (e-waste).

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 11 — Two more staff members and a former employee of a ministry's agency, believed to be involved in corrupt practices related to obtaining approval letters for the Commercial Vehicle Licenses (LKP), have been remanded for four days starting today.

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 9 — Two company directors and an officer from a ministry agency have been remanded by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on suspicion of being involved in corruption to obtain approval letters for commercial vehicle licences without meeting the required conditions.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 8 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) arrested another 13 vehicle inspection officers at a vehicle inspection centre in the capital on suspicion of their involvement in a syndicate that approves the inspection of heavy vehicles.

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 8 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has arrested eight individuals, including a government agency director and three company directors, on suspicion of involvement in bribery related to the approval of Commercial Vehicle Licences (LKP) without meeting required conditions.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 7 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has detained eight individuals, including six officers, on suspicion of involvement in a syndicate approving heavy vehicle checks at an inspection centre in the Federal capital.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 17 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has obtained a remand for a company owner suspected of submitting a fraudulent claim for approximately RM10 million using falsified documents between 2019 and this year.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has detained eight individuals, including a highway concessionaire chief executive officer (CEO) with the title ‘Datuk’, on suspicion of involvement in a RM1.6 billion corruption case.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 10 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has reached out to Singapore’s Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau in an effort to track a Singaporean national suspected to be the mastermind in the container tax evasion case (flying container).