GEORGE TOWN: The state Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) detained a man on suspicion of graft after the latter posed as an officer from a government ministry and asked a woman for money to alter a report.
The man, in his 30s, had allegedly solicited and received RM6,000 from the woman.
Sources said the self-employed man had disguised as a government officer and asked the woman for RM8,000 as an inducement to make changes in the chemist report of her husband's drug case.
"The suspect informed the woman that he will help to make changes in the report so that her husband, who is currently in remand, will be freed.
"The woman, who believed the suspect, then handed over RM6,000."
The source said the man was detained at the Penang MACC office about 11pm yesterday when he turned up to have his statement recorded.
He was produced for remand at the magistrate's court here today. Magistrate Syahirah Abdul Salim ordered the man to be remanded for a week until May 17 following a request by the MACC.
When contacted, state MACC director Mohd Fuad Bee Basrah confirmed the arrest and said the case was being probed under Section 17A of the MACC Act 2009.