Jana Wibawa probe: Researcher who alleged MACC offered Wan Saiful RM10mil arrested


PUTRAJAYA: The person who alleged that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) offered RM10mil to Datuk Wan Saiful Wan Jan has been arrested.

MACC chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki said that Mohamad Shafiq Abdul Halim, a freelance researcher who had worked for Wan Saiful, was arrested at about 3.30pm on Wednesday (Feb 22) when he came to the commission's headquarters.

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