PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has detained 10 officers and a retiree from enforcement agencies on suspicion of being involved in corruption to expedite applications under the Foreign Worker Recalibration Programme.
According to a source, the suspects – seven men and four women aged from their 30s to their 50s – were arrested at several locations around the Klang Valley during an operation code named “Ops Bleach” carried out by MACC’s intelligence division on Wednesday (Nov 12).
“All the suspects are believed to have received bribes in return for speeding up the approval process of foreign nationals’ applications to obtain legal worker status under the programme.
“This operation is a follow-up to MACC’s previous investigations into the “counter setting” syndicate under Ops Rentas and Ops Dygo,” the source said.
Following the arrests, MACC also seized more than RM116,000 in cash, 14 telecommunication devices, jewellery and gold bars, three cars and two motorcycles.
Meanwhile, MACC Intelligence Division Senior Director Datuk Saiful Ezral Arifin, when contacted by Bernama, confirmed the arrests and said the case is being investigated under Section 17 of the MACC Act 2009.
He said all suspects would be brought before the Putrajaya Magistrate’s Court on Thursday (Nov 13) to be remanded. – Bernama
