Sixteen people, including a medical practitioner with a Datuk Seri title, have been detained by graft busters in connection with bribing officials to register non-citizen births as Malaysians.
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00:0016 individuals, including a Datuk Shri medical practitioner, have been detained for allegedly
00:07bribing officials to register non-citizen births as Malaysians using fake documents.
00:14Malaysian's Anti-Corruption Commission Deputy Chief Commissioner Datuk Shri Ahmad Kusairi
00:19Yahaya said the arrests were made during Op's outlander and Op's birth, with raids conducted
00:25at clinics and law firms in the Klang Valley and Johor.
00:29A civil servant is the main suspect in Op's outlander for allegedly facilitating late
00:34birth registrations, while a Datuk Shri doctor who owns several clinics is suspected of issuing
00:41fake birth documents.
00:43Six applicants and a lawyer, believed to be the middleman, were also detained.
00:48The suspects, aged 20 to 70, were detained, with two, including the Datuk Shri, released
00:55on MACC bail due to health issues.
00:58MACC is seeking remand for the remaining suspects.
01:03The raids followed a year-long intelligence operation in collaboration with the National
01:07Registration Department.
01:09The case is being investigated under Section 17 Subsections A and B of the MACC Act 2009.