00:00A senior officer from the Melaka Immigration Department, his wife and two other enforcement
00:07officers have been remanded for six days for allegedly accepting bribes to protect commercial
00:12premises employing illegal immigrants.
00:16The remand order, valid until Jan. 11, was issued by Magistrate Sharda Shienha Mohamed
00:22Suleiman at the Ayur Kroh court complex, following an application by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption
00:28Commission on Tuesday.
00:30According to a source, two of the suspects, a senior officer from the Melaka Immigration
00:35Department and an enforcement officer, were believed to have received monthly bribes amounting
00:40to about 20,000 ringgit from employers operating in the state from 2021 to 2025.
00:47The bribes were allegedly given in exchange for protecting the premises involved and for
00:52not taking action against offences related to the employment of illegal immigrants.
00:57The source also said a woman, the wife of the senior immigration officer, was detained
01:03on suspicion of abetting corrupt activities.
01:06It was understood that payments were made in cash during handovers and by bank transfer.
01:12In a separate case, another enforcement officer was also remanded for allegedly soliciting and
01:17receiving bribes totaling 1,950 ringgit from a restaurant manager between Jan. and July 2025.
01:27The payments were allegedly made as an inducement for the officer to refrain from taking action
01:32against undocumented migrants employed at the premises.
01:36All the suspects, aged between 30 and 50, were arrested at the Melaka MACC headquarters on Monday.
01:47The system was not 100.
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