SANDAKAN: Five individuals, including an engineer, an assistant engineer and local council staff, have been remanded for seven days to assist in a corruption investigation involving about RM200,000 in bribes from contractors since 2022.
The remand order, effective until July 29, was issued by Magistrate Yong Ching Hong following a request by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) at the Sandakan Magistrate’s Court Wednesday morning.
According to a source, the suspects are believed to have received bribes through bank transfers to their personal accounts.
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All five suspects, three men and two women aged between 30s and 50s, were arrested at the MACC Sabah office around 7pm on Tuesday when they came in to give their statements.
Sabah MACC Director Datuk S. Karunanithy confirmed the arrests and said the case is being investigated under Section 17(a) of the MACC Act 2009.
