2 govt agency staff held in graft probe over RM180,000 contract

SHAH ALAM – The Selangor Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) yesterday detained two employees of a government agency for allegedly soliciting and receiving bribes from a private company as an inducement to secure a contract worth more than RM180,000.

According to a source, both the suspects, aged 37 and 40, were arrested about 2.30pm at a restaurant in Putrajaya.

Both suspects are believed to have abetted in the soliciting of about RM20,000 in bribes in exchange for a contract to supply, deliver and install office equipment from the agency.

Meanwhile, Selangor MACC director Datuk Alias Salim confirmed that the two men were detained for investigation under Section 17(a) of the MACC Act 2009.

He added they will be taken to the Shah Alam magistrates’ court here today for the remand order application. – Bernama, October 12, 2021