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MACC nabs company director in citizenship applications probe
MACC has remanded a company director suspected of being involved in a bribery scheme to expedite the processing of citizenship applications for foreign nationals.
Magistrate Kunasundary Marimuthu issued a three-day remand order until April 11, 2025, following an MACC application at the Putrajaya Magistrate’s Court this morning.
Summary
MACC arrests a company director for bribery in citizenship applications.
The director allegedly offered RM1,000 to RM30,000 per application to expedite approvals.
The arrest is part of ongoing operations targeting syndicates bribing officials for citizenship applications.
MACC has remanded a company director suspected of being involved in a bribery scheme to expedite the processing of citizenship applications for foreign nationals.
Magistrate Kunasundary Marimuthu issued a three-day remand order until May 11, 2025, following an MACC application at the Putrajaya Magistrate’s Court this morning.
According to sources, the suspect, a man in his 50s, was detained at approximately 4.55pm yesterday when he arrived at the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya to have his statement recorded.
“The suspect is believed to have colluded with several other individuals to offer bribes ranging from RM1,000 to RM30,000 per application to an officer in a government department since 2023.
“These bribes were intended to facilitate the approval of Malaysian citizenship applications for foreign nationals without having to follow the proper procedures,” the source said.
MACC’s Intelligence Division senior director Idris Zaharudin confirmed the arrest and said the case is being investigated under Section 17 of the MACC Act 2009.
He added that the arrest was part of follow-up actions under Ops Fastlane 1.0 and Ops Outlander, launched by the Intelligence Division on March 11, targeting syndicates bribing government officers to expedite citizenship applications.
More individuals may be questioned
Separately, Sinar Harian reported that MACC did not dismiss the possibility of more individuals being questioned to assist with ongoing investigations, following the arrest of two Home Ministry officials and an ordinary member of the public on May 7.
The daily quoted sources as saying that the two men and a woman, aged between 50 and 65, were released on bail after their statements were recorded.
MACC, on March 16, said it had frozen 11 bank accounts worth RM100,000 and seized 30 documents related to the investigation.
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