KOTA KINABALU: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has arrested 19 contractors on suspicion of having been involved in submitting falsified bank statements amounting to about RM49 million to the state education department.
According to a source, all the suspects aged between 24 and 53, were picked up at the Sabah MACC office here at 10am today.
The source said the falsified bank statements were submitted to secure tenders for projects in several schools throughout Sabah.
Sabah MACC director S Karunanithy, when contacted, confirmed the arrests and said the case was being investigated under Section 18 of the MACC Act 2009 and Section 471 of the Penal Code.
He said the suspects, 10 men and nine women, would be charged in the Kota Kinabalu special corruption court soon.
Meanwhile, Karunanithy said in 2020, Sabah MACC had arrested 39 contractors believed to have used the same modus operandi involving a contract value of more than RM80 million.
Following the arrests, he said 132 charges were brought to the special corruption court in Sabah last year. - FMT
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