Diesel smuggling: MACC arrests enforcement agency director
Published: Aug 28, 2024 8:39 AM
MACC has arrested an enforcement agency director in Kuching, Sarawak suspected of accepting bribes from a subsidised diesel smuggling syndicate in Sibu.
According to a MACC source, the man in his 40s was arrested yesterday afternoon at the Sarawak MACC office when he showed up to record his statement and was subsequently released on MACC bail with one surety.
"The man is believed to have received bribes from the syndicate in return for not taking enforcement and legal action against the misappropriation and smuggling of subsidised diesel in Sibu,” the source said, adding that the arrest was a follow-up from the raid under Op Liter on a diesel storage depot in Sungai Bidut, Sibu on Sunday.
MACC Special Operations Division senior director Azmi Kamaruzaman confirmed the arrest when contacted, adding that the case is being investigated under Section 16(b)(B) of the MACC Act 2009.
An enforcement assistant was also arrested earlier yesterday and remanded for six days till Sept 2.
- Bernama
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