JOHOR BAHRU, Oct 28 — The Johor Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has remanded five individuals, including two federal enforcement agency officers, on suspicion of soliciting and receiving about RM1 million in bribes from a foreign worker agency.
Johor MACC director Datuk Hazrul Shazreen Abd Yazid said a five-day remand order until November 1 was issued by Magistrate A. Dhilip Nair at the Johor Bahru Court Complex here today, after allowing an application by the commission.
He said the other three individuals detained were foreign worker agents.
“The five suspects, comprising three men and two women, aged between their 40s and 60s, were detained between 10am and 4pm yesterday in operations conducted in Selangor and Johor.
