KUALA LUMPUR: RM2.12 bil in total compensation was paid by the Social Security Organisation (PERKESO) to 219,640 members last year, the Dewan Rakyat was told. Human Resources Minister Steven Sim said the payments were for permanent or temporary disability, pensions, and invalidity schemes. Of the total, RM2.1bil was for 215,113 beneficiaries through the employment injury … Read more
PETALING JAYA: Six premises were raided by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in connection with the ongoing sand mining concession probe involving a state investment body subsidiary. The commission raided five office units and a residential property in Klang Valley following the sand mining corruption scandal linked to the Menteri Besar Selangor Incorporated (MBI), reported … Read more
PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry will give its full cooperation to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in the investigation of three senior doctors detained in Penang recently. The ministry said in a statement Wednesday (Sept 4) it had taken note of the arrests, allegedly linked to a cartel involved in falsifying Social Security Organisation (Socso) disability … Read more
KOTA KINABALU: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has detained a contractor suspected of submitting a claim containing false details regarding the supply of corporate attire for a district education office worth RM12,500. According to a source, the man in his 40s was detained at 3pm on Friday (Aug 9) at the Sabah MACC office. Preliminary … Read more
PUTRAJAYA: Eight people, including a chief executive officer and two senior management of a highway concessionaire, have been remanded, for allegedly accepting bribes involving the construction of two highways in Klang Valley, valued at RM1.6bil. It is learnt that the CEO, who is a Datuk and the two senior management have been remanded for four … Read more
PETALING JAYA: Selangor MCA Youth plans to lodge a report with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) this week regarding the Selangor government’s Demand Responsive Transit (DRT) project. Petaling Jaya MCA division youth chief Andy Teoh Tuck Wah said they had previously filed a police report on May 29, allowing authorities to investigate Asia Mobility Technologies … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR: Three civil servants and a former civil servant are being detained for allegedly accepting monthly bribes from illegal businesses in the city. The main suspect is a Kuala Lumpur City Hall deputy director in his 40s. He is believed to have received RM100,000 and RM500,000 monthly from syndicates running unlicensed massage parlours, entertainment … Read more
PETALING JAYA: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad is among those investigated regarding asset declarations, says Tan Sri Azam Baki. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner said the former premier was among those investigated by the anti-graft body. On April 16, Dr Mahathir had claimed that graft busters were saying that he had committed an offence … Read more
SEREMBAN: Former Bersatu information chief Datuk Wan Saiful Wan Jan has until Sunday (March 10) to lodge a report with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) that he was offered RM1.7mil to throw his support behind Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. MACC chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki said appropriate action would be taken in the event … Read more
