PUTRAJAYA (June 5): A senior executive of a government-linked company and his wife were detained by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on Saturday (June 4), allegedly for soliciting and receiving bribes amounting to over RM600,000 for appointing a transport company for a product distribution job. According to an MACC source, the couple, in their fifties and forties, were arrested at about 7pm at a house in Petaling Jaya, Selangor. His wife, meanwhile, is believed to have colluded with him in committing the offence. The MACC source said the wife was also believed to have control over the debit card of the said transport company, whereby its owner was involved in the official duties of her husband. The commission’s senior investigation director Datuk Seri Hishamuddin Hashim when contacted, confirmed the couple’s arrest under Section 17(a) of the MACC Act 2009.
