SANDAKAN: A Community Development Officer (CDO), remanded to assist in an investigation into a corruption case involving the Sabah Maju Jaya Affordable Housing Project, was released on bail by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Sandakan branch.
The man was released on April 30 with the conditions of a local guarantor, a bail amount of RM20,000 (including a RM5,000 deposit), and is required to report to any MACC branch once a month.
On April 25, media reported that the man was remanded for six days until May 1 on suspicion of receiving around RM40,000 in bribes related to the housing project.
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Sabah MACC Director, Datuk Karunanithy Y. Subbiah, confirmed the case and said investigations are ongoing under Section 17(a) of the MACC Act 2009.