Published on: Sunday, June 27, 2021
By: Bernama
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PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) foiled a syndicate believed to have hoarded 22 projects valued at RM135 million of a ministry since 2017.
The breakthrough was from MACC investigations on a division assistant secretary of the ministry concerned and a manager of a company while the owners of the company were picked up on June 21.
Investigations into the case also brought to the latest arrest, a division procurement officer of the ministry who was suspected of receiving RM150,000 bribe from the contractor who won a RM2.6 million project.
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According to an MACC source, the 29-year-old man was apprehended at about 8pm on Friday when he was giving statement at Putrajaya MACC headquarters and is now remanded for three days from Saturday for further investigation
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KUALA LUMPUR: A 39-year-old procurement officer of a ministry has been detained in connection with allegedly receiving bribes amounting to RM150,000 in exchange for awarding a contract for a RM2.6mil project.
The suspect was detained at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) headquarters at about 8pm on Friday (June 25).
Sources said the latest arrest is a follow-up investigation on the same ministry s assistant secretary as well as company owners and managers, who were detained since June 21 by graft busters. The investigation has uncovered the syndicate s activities in acquiring 22 projects worth RM135mil at the ministry since 2017 until now, including the projects handled by the latest suspect.
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PUTRAJAYA: A 36-year-old woman who went on a social media rampage, threatening to run down policemen manning a roadblock here, was detained.
The suspect, a director of a packaging company in Petaling Jaya, made several statements on Facebook targeting the roadblock personnel in Putrajaya saying, among others: “Aku pusing balik rempuh korang (I’ll turn back and run you all down).”
She also unleashed insults against enforcement personnel, calling them “dogs” and saying they were no different than criminals.
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District police chief Assistant Commissioner Mohd Fadzil Ali said a police report was lodged over her posting yesterday morning, before she was apprehended at 9pm the same day.