Wednesday, 09 Sep 2020 03:14 PM MYTThe case is being investigated under Sections 18, 23 and 28 of the MACC Act 2009. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
JOHOR BARU, Sept 9 — The Johor Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission arrested a Malaysian Pineapple Industry Board area officer and his wife here for alleged abuse of power committed five years ago.that investigations revealed that the 39-year-old suspect was believed to have abused his position by using his 37-year-old wife as a supplier of pineapple fertilizer seeds amounting to more than RM65,000.00 in 2014 and 2015.
The case is being investigated under Sections 18, 23 and 28 of the MACC Act 2009. Those convicted can be fined five times the value of the bribe or RM10,000 and an imprisonment term not exceeding 20 years. Johor MACC director Datuk Azmi Alias when contacted confirmed the arrest but declined to comment further as the case is still under investigation.
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