KUALA TERENGGANU: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Terengganu has remanded two lecturers from a statutory body in the state on suspicion of soliciting and accepting a bribe of approximately RM30,000 in return for issuing competency qualification certificates.
The four-day remand order until May 8 was issued by Magistrate Iffah Nabihah Mohd Ishak after an application was made by MACC at the Kuala Terengganu Magistrate’s Court this morning.
According to sources, the two male suspects, aged in their 20s and 40s, were arrested at about 12 noon yesterday when they appeared to give statements at the Terengganu MACC office.
“Initial investigations found that both suspects were suspected of abetting the act in 2025 and the bribe money requested was in return for providing ‘instant approval’ of competency certificates to each course participant.
“The two suspects are believed to have received between RM900 and RM1,500 from about 31 participants and the bribe money was obtained through money transfer transactions to their respective personal bank accounts,” he said.
According to sources, MACC is currently investigating whether the competency certificate fraud is occurring on a larger scale and has not ruled out the possibility of conducting a review of each certificate issued by the relevant agency to identify the validity of the certificate.
Meanwhile, Terengganu MACC Director Hazrul Shazreen Abd Yazid, when contacted, confirmed the arrest and said the case was being investigated under Section 16(a) of the MACC Act 2009.
He also did not rule out the possibility that a series of follow-up arrests would be made to assist in the investigation.
— BERNAMA
