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A police station chief in Kota Baru has been remanded for seven days after being arrested on suspicion of accepting a RM500 bribe from a UNHCR card holder, marking the latest in a series of corruption cases involving law enforcement.
A Seoul court has convicted former South Korean first lady Kim Keon Hee and sentenced her to seven years imprisonment for accepting bribes totalling approximately 300 million won. She traded expensive gifts for job appointments and business favours while her husband was president.
A former assistant engineer at Kerian District and Land Office has been charged with 146 counts of allegedly accepting RM183,500 in bribes dating back three years. The case underscores corruption concerns within Malaysia's land administration system.
Sri Lankan authorities have arrested Rakitha Rajapakshe, son of a former justice minister, for allegedly soliciting a massive bribe to facilitate the release of a high-profile drug trafficker extradited from Madagascar in 2023.
Malaysia's anti-corruption authority has arrested 13 people, including current and former government officials, suspected of soliciting bribes totalling RM2.5 million to award contracts to connected companies.
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has remanded 13 suspects, including serving and former directors of a government agency, in connection with a RM2.5 million bribery scandal centred on lucrative contract allocations.