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OPS SAMBA 2.0: Leakage due to smuggling at KLIA cargo amounted to RM2 billion

PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) today disclosed the value of leakages due to the smuggling activities of a syndicate which involved members of the Royal Malaysian Customs Department at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Cargo in Sepang Cargo amounted to RM2 billion for the past three years. MACC Chief Commissioner Tan Sri Azam […]

MACC arrests15 civil servants of receiving over RM2 mln in bribes

PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has arrested 15 more civil servants suspected of receiving over RM2 million in bribes from a syndicate involved in the illegal smuggling of tobacco, cigarettes, and alcohol through the country’s entry points. The arrests were made by MACC’s Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Division through Op Samba 2.0, conducted in collaboration with […]

MACC, National Audit Depart ink note to wipe out corruption

PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and the National Audit Department (JAN) will continue to step up cooperation in the fight against corruption and improve the governance of government agencies. In a joint statement yesterday, MACC and JAN said the collaboration was sealed via a new Note of Cooperation signed by MACC chief commissioner and Auditor-General Datuk Wan […]

Media, MACC unite against corruption

KUCHING: The Cakna Rasuah: SPRM Bersama Media Sarawak Programme has been launched to foster a strategic partnership between the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and local media outlets. Kuching Division Journalist Association (KDJA) chairman Ronnie Teo said that both the MACC and the media can leverage their respective strengths and expertise to form a more powerful […]

Menara Ilham operates as usual

KUALA LUMPUR: The Menara Ilham in Jalan Binjai here continues to operate as usual even though the building was seized by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on Monday. An employee of a company housed in the building claims not to have received any instructions from his company on whether to stop operations. “But soon maybe […]

Sarawak Tourism Board has clean record

KUCHING: The Sarawak Tourism Board (STB) has not been involved in any form of corruption, said Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah. The Minister of Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts revealed that the organisation still shows a clean record of excellence without involving any problems of integrity or corruption. “If there is any (corruption) […]

Nine remanded for alleged bribery to amend commercial vehicle status

KUALA LUMPUR: Nine individuals, including five enforcement personnel have been remanded for eight days on suspicion of soliciting and accepting bribes to amend the specifications of commercial vehicle engines from regular diesel vehicles to green diesel vehicles. A source from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) said the remand order was issued after the agency filed […]

Treat corruption as mental illness

KUCHING: The Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) is stressing the need for a psychological approach to combat corruption, viewing it as a mental illness. Sarawak MACC director Datuk Mohd Zaki Hassan pointed out that combating corruption requires a holistic approach that needs to be addressed from its root in the mind. “Corruption is a mental illness. […]

Top civil servant among 4 held for suspected graft

KUCHING: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has arrested four individuals over the suspicion of their involvement in giving and receiving bribes worth millions of ringgit. Those arrested are two civil servants including a government department director, a company owner and a trust investment manager. According to MACC sources, the male suspects aged between 30 and […]