Hope that MACC keep up the good work

MACC nabs six Kota Tinggi Umno division members

JOHOR BARU: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has detained six Kota Tinggi Umno division members, including its Youth chief, for allegedly trying to bribe three former Youth committee members with about RM40,000.

The members, aged between 30 and 40, were detained at about 2am on Friday at a committee member’s house here after the suspects had allegedly tried to coax the committee member to withdraw his resignation.

It is learnt that the suspects tried to do so after 18 committee members from the division’s Youth wing resigned last week claiming a loss of confidence in the Youth chief’s leadership.

Sources said that the mass resignation prompted the suspects to hold “negotiations” with three of those who had resigned to prevent an election in the division’s Youth wing.

It is believed that one of the three members had contacted MACC on the matter before cooperating to trap the suspects while the bribe took place.

The suspects were detained at the Ayer Molek prison before being brought for questioning at the state MACC headquarters here.

Kota Tinggi Umno division chief Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said he heard of the arrests and was told that they were all from the division’s Youth wing.

“I will leave the investigations to the MACC. I hope that the truth will come out,” he said.

Johor MACC chief Simi Abdul Ghani declined to comment on the matter when contacted.

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MACC catches 5 corrupted politicians

Finally, the MACC is doing what it is suppose to do but still this is only the tip of the iceberg.

Five politicians, including Barisan MP, to be charged with graft

PUTRAJAYA: Five politicians, including a Barisan Nasional Member of Parliament, a special aide to a Selangor state executive councillor from the DAP and a former special assistant to the mentri besar, have been arrested for corruption.

It is learnt the Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) also arrested the MP’s special assistant and a company director who are all alleged to have committed graft or attempted to cheat the Government of thousands of ringgit in false claims.

All five are expected to be produced before the Shah Alam Sessions Court on Tuesday where they will be charged with corrupt practices and attempting to cheat.

The MP, who was formerly a state assemblyman, is alleged to made false claims by submitting invoices purportedly for the purchase of materials for a programme that never took place.

His special assistant, who was said to have abetted him and who submitted similar claims, is also expected to be charged with the same offence.

It is learnt that the former assistant to the mentri besar, a member of PKR, is also expected to be charged under the Penal Code with attempted cheating.

He is suspected to have tried to cheat the president of a government-linked company of RM50,000.

The money was purportedly meant for a state government function.

Also expected to be in the dock Tuesday is a company director who allegedly submitted false claims to the Hulu Langat district office for the purchase and supply of goods for several programmes that took place in the Teratai constituency, when no such programmes took place last year.

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