2 city council officials, company owner remanded in Penang over bribes
MACC intelligence division senior director Idris Zaharudin confirmed the arrests of all three suspects.
PETALING JAYA : Two civil servants in Penang, as well as a company owner, were remanded today by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) for suspected involvement in bribery since 2016 regarding tenders for the installation of traffic and street lights.
George Town magistrates' court registrar Azam Eusoff allowed the remand of the two civil servants for four days until May 9, and two days for the company owner until today, following an application by MACC yesterday.
Kosmo quoted a source as saying the two civil servants – a man and woman – and the company owner, a man in his 30s, were arrested at the Penang MACC office when they came to give their statements between 1pm and 4pm on Monday.
'Preliminary investigations found several company owners had bribed several civil servants in a city council to obtain tenders for projects for traffic and street lights using fraudulent applications.
'Both the civil servants in question are believed to have received bribes of RM3,000 to RM5,000 since 2016 in return for not checking the documents sent in by company owners,' said a source.
MACC intelligence division senior director Idris Zaharudin confirmed the arrests of all three suspects and said the case is being investigated under Section 16(b)(B) of the MACC Act 2009 for bribery.
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