KUALA LUMPUR: An enforcement officer has been arrested on suspicion of soliciting a RM60,000 bribe in exchange for closing a fraud case.
The man, in his 40s, was arrested at 11pm by the Kuala Lumpur branch of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, a source said.
The suspect is believed to have met a person at a restaurant in the city who was instructed to wait at a nearby location to hand over the bribe.
However, the suspect did not show up at that location.
“The suspect was successfully arrested and subsequently released on MACC bail of RM10,000 with one surety after his statement was recorded,” the source told Bernama.
Kuala Lumpur MACC director Fauzi Husin confirmed the arrest.