Six including govt dept director held in contract graft probe


KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has arrested six individuals, including a civil servant with the title Datuk, on suspicion of accepting bribes amounting to hundreds of thousands of ringgit linked to development and maintenance contract awards from 2021 to date.

According to a source, the other suspects arrested included another individual with the title Datuk, who is also a company director, an engineer from a government department in the federal capital, a married couple, and a contractor.

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