Four MBSA enforcement officers nabbed by MACC

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has arrested four Shah Alam City Council (MBSA) enforcement officers on suspicion of accepting bribes of between RM300 and RM3,500 a month to protect business premises operating without valid licences in the council area.

The first three suspects, aged between 41 and 49, were arrested after they were called to give their statements at the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya at 9 am on Tuesday (Aug 11).

According to a MACC source, two of the suspects were MBSA enforcement officers from the Sungai Buloh branch and the other was from the Shah Alam MBSA.

The MACC also arrested an Acehnese trader, believed to be involved in selling contraband cigarettes, after he was found without a valid travel document.

"The trader has been operating since 2019 and is said to pay RM300 a month to enforcement officers to avoid action,” said the source.

The trader was featured in a live video, which then went viral, via the Hot Burger Malaysia Facebook page and shared by Mohd Asri Hamid, 42, also known as Asri Janggut, who also claimed that the authorities did not take action on gambling activities in Bandar Baru Sungai Buloh and exposed the locations where the alleged gambling activities took place.

The fourth officer, 39, was arrested at the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya at 5pm when he turned up to give his statement, said MACC deputy chief commissioner (Operations) Datuk Seri Ahmad Khusairi Yahaya.

The officer is attached to the Sungai Buloh branch of MBSA.

"The officer received bribes of RM300 to RM3,500 a month from business premises in Sungai Buloh, which the suspect then shared with his three colleagues who were arrested earlier,” he added.

Khusairi said the suspect would be taken to the Putrajaya Magistrate's Court on Wednesday (Aug 12) morning for remand application.- Bernama