KUALA LUMPUR: The director of an enforcement agency has been arrested on suspicion of accepting bribes to protect a diesel smuggling syndicate in Sibu, Sarawak.
The suspect attached to an enforcement agency in Kuching was detained at the Sarawak office of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission at 6.20pm today.
The suspect, in his 40s, is believed to have accepted bribes from the syndicate as an inducement to not take action against diesel smuggling in Sibu.
The arrest came after the MACC Special Operations Division conducted Op Liter at an oil storage depot in Sungai Bidut, Sibu, last Sunday.
MACC Special Operations Division director Datuk Azmi Kamaruzaman confirmed the 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."