SHAH ALAM - The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has remanded a deputy director of a government department over suspicion of accepting bribe amounting to RM3,000.
According to a source, the bribe was given by a company to secure a supplier job in a building located in the Sarawak district.
The source said the male suspect, who is in his 40s, was arrested at around 7pm yesterday at the Kuching MACC office when he came to give statement.
It is believed that the suspect, who is also a civil servant, committed the act in 2022.
"Magistrate Zaiton Anuar issued the remand order for four days starting today until May 17 at Kuching Magistrate's Court after MACC applied for it this morning," he said today.
Meanwhile, Sarawak MACC director Mohd Zaki Hassan confirmed the arrest when contacted and the case is being investigated under Section 17(a) of the MACC Act 2009.