KUALA TERENGGANU: Three local authority officers in Terengganu have been remanded for six days for allegedly accepting bribes totalling RM25,000 in exchange for facilitating the approval process of building plans.
The remand order until Saturday (Aug 2) was issued by Magistrate Yuhanis Mohd Roslan after allowing an application by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
A source said on Monday (July 28) that the suspects, two men and a woman aged between 40 and 50, were detained at 2.30pm on Sunday (July 27) when they turned up to give their statements at the Terengganu MACC office.
"Initial investigations found that the three suspects allegedly committed the offences between 2015 and 2019.
"They are believed to have received bribes amounting to about RM25,000 through separate fund transfers into their respective personal bank accounts,” the source said, adding that the alleged bribes involved 14 projects.
The source also said the arrests followed the detention of a government agency director in January over a bribery case involving some RM900,000.
State MACC director Hazrul Shazreen Abd Yazid confirmed the arrests when contacted, saying the case was being investigated under Section 17(a) of the MACC Act 2009.
He did not rule out the possibility of further arrests to assist in the investigation. – Bernama
