JOHOR BARU: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has arrested a woman suspected of offering a RM1,500 bribe to a traffic policeman to secure the release of her Indonesian friend, who was detained over an expired passport.
The unemployed woman, in her 30s, was arrested at 11am today when she turned up to give her statement at the MACC's Batu Pahat branch.
She is suspected of offering the money to the policeman in exchange for him not taking action against her friend, who had been detained for possessing an expired passport, an offence under Section 6(1) of the Immigration Act 1959/63.
Johor MACC director Datuk Hazrul Shazreen Abd Yazid confirmed the arrest.
