MACC detains 11 individuals for alleged bribery over RM750,000 ship repair projects

The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) detained 11 individuals, including an operations manager of a shipping engineering company for alleged involvement in a bribery case amounting to RM750, 000 in connection to ship repair projects between 2015 and 2019.

According to an MACC source, the suspects, aged between 37 and 56, were nabbed in operations around Johor yesterday.

“It is understood that the suspects asked for and accepted the bribes from two contractor companies in exchange for awarding them the repair projects and expediting the payment process.

“The suspects are said to have asked the contractors to pay the bribes in instalments,” the source said when contacted today.

Meanwhile, MACC Investigations director Datuk Norazlan Mohd Razali, when contacted by Bernama, confirmed the arrests and said the case was being investigated under Section 16 (a) (A) of the MACC Act 2009.

-- BERNAMA