Extra heat on MACC suspects


Feeling the heat: (Top) The 30 suspects being escorted to court upon their late arrival after (left) the MACC bus they were on caught fire on the Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway near Sungai Pinang.

GEORGE TOWN: A Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) bus transporting 30 people, including 24 Penang Road Transport Department (JPJ) officers, broke down when it caught fire during its journey to a magistrate’s court here.

The officers were on their way to court to be remanded in what is believed to involve the biggest group of personnel from JPJ.

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