Enforcement officer remanded for bribe over UNHCR card
The MACC says suspect is believed to have solicited a bribe of RM1,000 from a shop owner to facilitate the return of a worker’s UNHCR card confiscated during an inspection at the shop on May 17. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, June 18, 2022.
AN enforcement officer from an unidentified government agency has been remanded for a day to facilitate investigations into allegations of soliciting a RM1,000 bribe over a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees card owned by a shop worker. A source within the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission said the remand order was issued by Magistrate Syafiqah Noorinda at the Dang Wangi central lock-up in Kuala Lumpur today.The suspect is believed to have solicited a bribe of RM1,000 from a shop owner to facilitate the return of a worker’s UNHCR card confiscated during an inspection at the shop on May 17.
Meanwhile, Kuala Lumpur MACC director Razaliah Ab Rahman confirmed the arrest and said the case is being investigated under section 17 of the MACC Act 2009. – Bernama, June 18, 2022.