Office boy held over fake digital certs

KOTA KINABALU: An office boy has been arrested for soliciting bribes from the public in return for helping them get the Covid-19 vaccination certificate in the MySejahtera app.

A seven-day remand order from Tuesday was issued by magistrate Jessica Ombou Kakayun following an application by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).

The 31-year-old suspect was arrested at about 1.30pm on Tuesday at the MACC office here.

He is believed to have solicited bribes of over RM2,000 from the public for the purpose of getting the Covid-19 Vaccination Digital Certificate in the MySejahtera app last October, Bernama reported.

The suspect is also believed to have given bribes to volunteers at a vaccination centre as a reward for registering the names of unvaccinated individuals to get the digital certificate.