Civil servant arrested for accepting RM100,000 bribe


KUALA LUMPUR: A civil servant was arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on Friday (April 22) on suspicion of soliciting and accepting bribe of about RM100,000.

According to a source, the man, in his 30s, was believed to have solicited the bribe as gratification for giving several companies to carry-out sanitation work at polling stations in the recent state election in Johor.

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