Kedah MACC arrests three Penang state legal officers over alleged bribery

State MACC director Datuk Shaharom Nizam Abd Manap in a short statement confirmed the arrest of the legal officers.

He said the first suspect, aged 42, was nabbed in a hotel in Penang at 12.15pm on Monday , while the other two suspects, aged 29 and 52, were detained at the Kedah MACC headquarters at 10.15pm and 10.38pm here. Initial investigations found that the suspects were believed to have sought bribes amounting to RM500,000 and had already received RM100,000.

During the raids at the homes and offices of the suspects, MACC officers seized some RM100,000 in cash."All three suspects will be taken to the Alor Setar Magistrate's Court on Tuesday morning for remand," said Shaharom. He said the case will investigated under Section 17 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009.

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