KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) arrested an enforcement agency director suspected of accepting bribes to protect diesel smuggling syndicate in Sibu, Sarawak.
The man, who is attached to an enforcement agency in Kuching, was detained at the MACC Sarawak office around 6.20pm today, for questioning.
The suspect in his 40s is believed to have accepted bribes from the syndicate in exchange for not taking enforcement and legal action against the diesel smuggling activities in Sibu.
The arrest is a follow up to a raid conducted by MACC's Special Operations Division, Ops Liter, at an oil storage depot in Sungai Bidut, Sibu, last Sunday.
MACC's Special Operations Division director, Datuk Azmi Kamaruzaman confirmed the latest arrest.
He said the case is being investigated under Section 16(b)(B) of the MACC Act 2009.
"The suspect has been released on bail with one surety."