SHAH ALAM, Jan 13 – The Selangor branch of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has arrested 10 individuals, including two Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM) employees to help in the investigation into a bribery case in relation to illegal installation of cables and equipment.
Its director, Datuk Simi Abdul Ghani, said the men, aged between 22 and 57, were arrested around Subang Jaya on Monday night. In the meantime, he also said that besides the two TM employees, the other eight men were contractor’s workers involved in cable installation.
“They were arrested when one of them tried to offer bribe to avoid action after being found to have trespassed and used TM facilities and assets illegally. It is learnt that as a result of the illegal activities, TM had incurred losses of millions of ringgit,” he said in a statement here Tuesday.
In additional, Simi also said that the men had been remanded for four days to facilitate investigations under Section 17 (b) MACC Act 2009 which is punishable by a fine of five times the bribe or RM10,000, whichever is higher, and 20 years jail if convicted.
