Two civil servants have been arrested in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah for allegedly accepting bribes of about RM130,000 from contractors in return for upgrading and minor maintenance work on school toilets in a district.
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00:00Two civil servants have been arrested for allegedly accepting bribes of about RM130,000
00:08from contractors in return for upgrading and minor maintenance work on school toilets in
00:13a district.
00:15The two men in their 50s were detained when they came to the Sabah headquarters of the
00:19Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, MACC, in Kota Kinabalu on Thursday night.
00:26According to the sources, one suspect was remanded until November 21, while the other
00:31was released on MACC bail after giving a statement.
00:35Initial investigations indicated the suspects had demanded bribes amounting to 30% of each
00:41project's value.
00:43According to another source, the MACC also confiscated approximately RM90,000 in cash
00:49and seized two luxury vehicles.
00:52Sabah MACC Director Datuk S. Karunanithi confirmed the arrest, stating that the case
00:57was being investigated under Section 17 Subsection A of the MACC Act 2009.
01:05He did not rule out the possibility of follow-up arrests in the ongoing investigation and urged
01:10any contractor who has given bribes to civil servants to come forward.
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