A total of 16 individuals including company owners and expatriates were detained on Monday (Feb 24) for allegedly bribing enforcement officers in connection with illegal e-waste processing activities in Selangor and Johor.
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00:0016 individuals, including company owners and expatriates, were arrested on Monday for allegedly
00:08bribing enforcement officers to protect illegal e-waste processing activities.
00:14Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, MACC, Deputy Chief Commissioner Datuk Sri Ahmad
00:20Kusairi Yahya said the arrests followed a joint operation with the Immigration Department
00:25and Department of Environment, DOE, at 12 premises in Selangor and Johor.
00:31The suspects, aged between 30 and 40, were detained in Selangor and Segamat, Johor, between
00:379.30am and 12pm on Monday in an operation codenamed OPS-X.
00:42Ahmad Kusairi revealed that some company owners had misused expatriate applications and bribed
00:48enforcement officers to shield their activities.
00:52The arrests came after three months of intelligence gathering.
00:56All suspects were taken to the Malacca MACC office for further investigation.
01:02The case is being investigated under Section 16, Subsection B, Subsection A of the MACC
01:08Act, 2009.