JOHOR BARU: Two senior officers of a water supply company here were detained yesterday for allegedly taking RM3.3 million in bribes from two contractors.
Sources said the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) arrested the two officers, aged 36 and 40, at the commission's Selangor headquarters about 2pm.
"The investigations began following a 2023 report alleging that the two officers had taken bribes from the two owners of contractor companies.
"The bribes were inducements for the two officers to assist the comapnies to obtain contracts from the water supply company.
"The suspects produced documents containing false information regarding an application for donations for a programme amounting to RM3.3 million, when in fact the programme in question was never fully implemented," said a source.
Johor MACC director Datuk Azmi Alias, when contacted, confirmed the arrests of the two officers.
"We will bring the two men this morning to the Johor Baru magistrate's court where we will seek remand orders to detain them," he said.
The case is being investigated under sections 16(a)(A) and 18 of the MACC Act 2009.
