SHAH ALAM, March 11 — An Indian national who was a work permit agent for foreign nationals, is being remanded for six days to facilitate the investigation on a bribery case involving a sum of RM300,000.
He is believed to have received a portion of the amount from an individual allegedly to help release 22 Chinese nationals detained at the immigration depot.
The remand order from today until next Tuesday was issued by magistrate Ellyna Othman at the court here following an application made by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
An MACC source said the suspect, aged 51, who for more than 10 years had been a work permit agent for foreign nationals, was arrested at the MACC office yesterday.
Based on the initial investigation, the man who was the third individual remanded over the case, was suspected of being a runner for a female employment agent for foreign nationals and believed to manage the exit documents for Chinese nationals.
"The suspect is also believed to have gotten a portion of the payment of over RM90,000 received by the female agent from a businessman with the ‘Datuk Seri’ title.
Yesterday, the 44-year-old businessman and a woman, aged 41, were ordered to be remanded for six days to assist in the investigation on the case of 22 Chinese nationals detained for suspected involvement in an online gambling syndicate and Macau Scam.
The case is being investigated under Section 16(a) (A) of the MACC Act 2009.
— Bernama
