By Olivia Miwil - March 5, 2022 @ 4:22pm
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has arrested 19 contractors for submitting false bank statements worth RM49 million to the state Education Department.
The suspects, aged between 24 and 53, were arrested at the MACC's office here at about 10am today.
The fake bank statements were submitted as an incentive to acquire tenders for several schools throughout Sabah.
Sabah MACC director Datuk S. Karunanithy confirmed the arrest and said the case was being investigated under Section 18 of the MACC Act 2009 and Section 471 of the Penal Code.
He added that all the suspects, 10 men and nine women, would be charged in the Special Corruption Court in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah soon.
In 2020, Sabah MACC arrested 39 contractors believed to have employed the same modus operandi, involving a contract value amounting to more than RM80 million.
Following the arrests, 132 charges were brought to the Special Corruption Court in Sabah last year.
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