MELAKA: Five individuals, including two lawyers, were arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to assist in investigations into the offering and receiving of more than RM300,000 in bribes involving several law firms around the state.
Among those arrested were two bank officers working in Petaling Jaya, Selangor and a branch in Melaka, as well as a manager of a law firm and a former bank officer who are said to have also received the bribes between 2018 and 2022.
According to sources, the bribes were inducements to allow the law firms involved to receive clients for property loan documentation from the financial institution in Petaling Jaya, Selangor and the branch in Melaka.
Sources said that five suspects aged between 37 and 53 years old, including a woman, were arrested when they appeared at the MACC office in Melaka between 2pm and 4pm yesterday for the purpose of assisting in the investigation of the case.
Earlier today, all the suspects, including two lawyers from different law firms, were brought to the grounds of the Ayer Keroh Court Complex, at about 9am in a MACC vehicle for a remand order.
They were then brought before magistrate Nabilah Nizam who allowed the suspects to be remanded for three days starting today.
Melaka MACC director Adi Supian Shafie when contacted confirmed the arrest of all the suspects and said the investigation of the case was carried out in accordance with Section 16 (a)(A) of the MACC Act 2009.