Friday October 7, 2005
ACA detains Perodua executive
BY LOONG MENG YEE
SHAH ALAM: A Perodua executive has been detained by the Anti-Corruption Agency for allegedly “arranging” fast delivery of MyVi cars to customers for fees of between RM2,000 and RM4,000 each.
Working with certain dealers, the 31-year-old man is said to have enabled buyers to get their cars within two weeks if they were willing to pay.
The waiting period for delivery of the cars is reported to be about seven months.
Sources said that following a tip-off, the ACA picked up the man on Monday together with a 41-year-old car dealer in Klang.
Initial investigations showed the executive had amassed between RM40,000 and RM50,000.
“He enticed the dealers by giving them a generous split from the money earned,” said a source, adding the man was believed to have offered the dealers 50% of the gains from each transaction.
The source said that the car dealers would offer anxious buyers a chance to cut the waiting period for a certain sum of money.
If a deal was struck, the dealer would forward the buyer’s particulars to the officer for “processing.”
Both the officer and the dealer would be detained until tomorrow.
Those found guilty of corruption face a penalty of RM10,000 or five times the bribe amount, whichever is higher as well as between two weeks and 20 years in jail.
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