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Authorities in Kota Kinabalu have remanded seven individuals, including four civil servants, for three days as part of an investigation into alleged bribery schemes connected to illegal frozen chicken smuggling into Sabah.
A superintendent with Malaysia's fire and rescue department has been charged with accepting RM11,500 in bribes to issue licensing support letters to business owners, marking another case of alleged corruption within public safety agencies.
Authorities have remanded a company director for two days as they investigate allegations that he offered RM300,000 worth of home renovations to a former executive to win lucrative contracts.
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission in Kelantan has secured a week-long remand order for a construction project manager suspected of accepting approximately RM38,000 in bribes from a contractor in an incident dating back four years.
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested a company director accused of offering RM300,000 worth of renovation services to a former senior executive of a major statutory body to obtain contracts.
Authorities in Kuantan have arrested civil service employees at Bentong prison for allegedly taking bribes to smuggle banned items to inmates, uncovering a contraband network that undermines facility security.
A Kelantan police station chief is undergoing a seven-day remand as the MACC investigates allegations he solicited a RM500 bribe, marking another corruption case within the police force.