Environment Department (DOE) director-general Wan Abdul Latiff Wan Jaffar was charged this morning at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court with receiving a RM100,000 bribe last year in relation to an infrastructure project in Penang.

According to the charge sheet, Wan Latiff (above) was accused of receiving the remuneration, in cash, from Sunrich Conquest Sdn Bhd’s director Khor Chong Wai, through the company’s project manager Lee Ham Kong on Jan 15, 2025.