MACC tracking down agent involved in Chinese tourist incident


KUALA LUMPUR: Graft busters are tracking down the person believed to have acted as an agent or middleman for the female Chinese national who tried to enter Malaysia via KL International Airport (KLIA) last month.

"Initial investigations revealed that the individual who received RM18,000 to bring in the Chinese national through KLIA was not a Malaysian citizen," said Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki.

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