KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) will analyse processes within the National Registration Department (NRD) with 16 suspects arrested for bribery related to birth registration.
MACC chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki said besides investigating offences under the MACC Act 2009, the anti-graft body will also focus on overall procedures within NRD.
“We will discuss this with the NRD director-general once the investigation is complete and we have the findings on the processes,” he told Bernama when contacted yesterday.
Azam said the suspects were detained in two operations on Tuesday, adding that investigations are ongoing.
The suspects, aged in their 20s and 70s, were picked up under Op Outlander and Op Birth conducted across the Klang Valley and Johor. They included a civil servant, medical practitioner with the title Datuk Seri, a legal practitioner, several agents and birth registration applicants.
They are suspected of committing offences between 2013 and 2018 and from 2023 to 2025 involving bribery and the preparation and submission of false birth confirmation documents.
Twelve of them have been remanded until Monday, while four others, including the medical practitioner, were released on MACC bail for health reasons after their statements were recorded.
