PUTRAJAYA: A political secretary to a Cabinet minister has been arrested under the suspicion of receiving bribery in the form of a luxury watch said to be worth RM28,000.
The 47-year-old was arrested at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) headquarters here at 5pm on Monday (April 1).
Sources said that graft investigators had called the officer to record his statement.
Initial investigations showed that he had allegedly received the luxury watch from a developer.
MACC deputy chief commissioner Datuk Seri Azam Baki confirmed the arrest.
He added that the political secretary would be brought to the Putrajaya magistrate's court to be remanded on Tuesday (April 2).
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