MACC chief commissioner Azam Baki said the anti-graft agency will summon two more witnesses soon.

“We are wrapping up the probe under Section 16(A)(a) of the MACC Act,” he said, referring to the provision that deals with soliciting and accepting bribes.

“And we will be summoning witnesses to have their statements recorded to complete the investigation,” he told FMT.

Last Saturday, Azam confirmed that Malaysiakini journalist B Nantha Kumar was arrested on Friday night for allegedly soliciting and receiving a bribe from a foreign workers’ agent.

He denied that the arrest was because of the news portal’s recent article about a foreign worker trafficking cartel.

Azam said the journalist had allegedly solicited RM100,000 from the agent in exchange for not publishing two articles about him, with the sum eventually reduced to RM20,000.

The agent lodged a report with MACC, after which the anti-graft agency carried out a “trap-case”, he said.

Nantha was released on bail yesterday after Malaysiakini executive editor RK Anand posted the RM10,000 bail on his behalf.