Govt officer held for receiving half-a-million ringgit bribe


  • Nation
  • Thursday, 19 Jan 2017

PUTRAJAYA: A government officer has been held for allegedly accepting around RM500,000 in bribes from a rice wholesaler here.

The assistant enforcement officer, attached with the Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Ministry, has been remanded to facilitate the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission's investigation into the alleged graft and abuse of power.

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