Eleven enforcement officers remanded over alleged RM239,000 bribery in Bintulu

BINTULU (Feb 3): Eleven enforcement officers were remanded by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Sarawak over allegations of soliciting and receiving bribes totalling RM239,000 in exchange for providing protection, refraining from intimidation, and assisting the affairs of several inmates.

Magistrate Kasyfurrahman Abang Ahmad granted a four-day remand until Feb 6 for six suspects, while four others were remanded for five days until Feb 7.

Another suspect was remanded for three days until Feb 5, following an application by MACC at the Bintulu Magistrate’s Court.

Sources said all the male suspects, aged in their 20s to 40s, were arrested between 11.50am and 4pm on Monday when they attended the MACC Bintulu office to record statements.

Preliminary investigations indicate that the alleged offences occurred between 2020 and 2025, involving bribes solicited from inmates’ family members.

“The suspects are believed to have received sums ranging from RM2,400 to RM45,000 through bank transfers into accounts belonging to their wives and intermediaries,” a source said.

Sarawak MACC director Datuk Hasbilah Mohamad Salleh confirmed the arrests and said the case is being investigated under Section 16(a)(B) of the MACC Act 2009.