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Media reports suggest a company linked to Nasir Baki, brother of former MACC Chief Azam Baki, won a RM178mil Vehicle Entry Permit contract. MCA Youth calls on Transport Minister Anthony Loke for public accountability on procurement procedures.
The MACC has detained 13 suspects, including serving and former directors of a northern Malaysian government agency, over an alleged RM2.5 million bribery scheme linked to rigged procurement contracts.
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Malaysia's Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested 13 people, including a government agency director, in an investigation into an alleged contract cartel scheme. The crackdown signals intensified enforcement against procurement fraud.