KUALA LUMPUR, July 16 -- The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has arrested eight individuals on suspicion of being involved in cases of corruption and abuse of power in relation to the registration of new e-procurement accounts involving a ministry.
The individuals, aged between 30 and 47 years, were also believed to be involved in applications for Bumiputera-status companies in the Klang Valley.
All the individuals were detained by MACC in operations around Putrajaya and Kuala Lumpur this evening.
A MACC source said to speed up the process of registering new e-procurement accounts and for companies to acquire Bumiputera status, the syndicate charged between RM500 and RM3,500 for each application.
“Their applications will then be approved within 24 hours without following the prescribed procedures.”
“Of the eight detained, five are employees in the ministry’s Company Registration Unit while the others are members of the public,” the source told Bernama.
The source said that the MACC had conducted surveillance for six months before exposing the syndicate, believed to have started operations in 2017, with hundreds of thousands of ringgit collected from companies around the Klang Valley.
All the suspects will be brought to the Putrajaya Magistrate’s Court tomorrow for remand application under section 117 of the Criminal Procedure Code,” he said.
MACC deputy chief commissioner (Operations) Datuk Seri Ahmad Khusairi Yahaya when contacted confirmed all the arrests.
“The case will be investigated under Section 16 (a) of the MACC Act 2009,” he said.
-- BERNAMA
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17/07/2020 12:22 PM
PUTRAJAYA, July 17 -- Nine individuals including five civil servants were remanded for six days for alleged involvement in corruption and abuse of power pertaining to new registration of e-procurement accounts involving a ministry.
Magistrate Shah Wira Abdul Halim issued the remand order beginning today until July 22 after hearing the application from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) at the Putrajaya Magistrate's Court here today.
Earlier, all suspects comprising five women and four men arrived at the court at about 9 a.m. wearing the orange-coloured lock-up attire and were handcuffed.
According to an MACC source, all nine individuals were arrested around Putrajaya and Kuala Lumpur in an operations yesterday.
The five civil servants, three of whom are women, are staff at the company registration unit of the ministry, while the rest are members of the public, the source said.
The MACC source said besides e-procurement applications, the individuals aged between 30 and 47 years were also arrested for alleged involvement in matters pertaining to company applications for Bumiputera status around Klang Valley.
The source also said that a six-month intelligence surveillance revealed that the syndicate had been active since 2017 and had collected hundreds of thousands of ringgit in bribes from companies in Klang Valley.
The case is investigated under Section 16(a)(B) of the MACC Act 2009.
-- BERNAMA
PUTRAJAYA, July 17 -- Nine individuals including five civil servants were remanded for six days for alleged involvement in corruption and abuse of power pertaining to new registration of e-procurement accounts involving a ministry.
Magistrate Shah Wira Abdul Halim issued the remand order beginning today until July 22 after hearing the application from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) at the Putrajaya Magistrate's Court here today.
Earlier, all suspects comprising five women and four men arrived at the court at about 9 a.m. wearing the orange-coloured lock-up attire and were handcuffed.
According to an MACC source, all nine individuals were arrested around Putrajaya and Kuala Lumpur in an operations yesterday.
The five civil servants, three of whom are women, are staff at the company registration unit of the ministry, while the rest are members of the public, the source said.
The MACC source said besides e-procurement applications, the individuals aged between 30 and 47 years were also arrested for alleged involvement in matters pertaining to company applications for Bumiputera status around Klang Valley.
The source also said that a six-month intelligence surveillance revealed that the syndicate had been active since 2017 and had collected hundreds of thousands of ringgit in bribes from companies in Klang Valley.
The case is investigated under Section 16(a)(B) of the MACC Act 2009.
-- BERNAMA
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