PUTRAJAYA: Three individuals, including a chief executive officer of a bank subsidiary, have been arrested over suspicion of accepting bribes amounting to RM24mil.
The suspects, a woman in her 50s and two men aged 53 and 58 years old, were arrested at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission headquarters at around 6pm on Monday (July 18) after they were summoned to have their statements recorded.
It is believed that the two had accepted the money as a reward for approving a company’s application for a loan amounting to RM249mil.
Sources said the female suspect was believed to have accepted RM24mil in bribes when she was serving a subsidiary company of a bank some time in 2010.
“The 53 year-old male suspect is working as a financial consultant while his friend is no longer working,” the source said on Monday (July 18).
The MACC director of the anti-money laundering division confirmed the arrests and that the suspects would be remanded at the Putrajaya Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.
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