KOTA KINABALU: Graft-busters have detained a former government agency director and a senior government officer for facilitating false claims from a contractor amounting to over RM175,000.

The ex-director, who has been transferred to another department, was believed to have also allegedly accepted payments of over RM60,000 for approving said claims.

The suspects, aged 44 and 50, were arrested when they came to give their statements on the case at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office here at 12.30pm yesterday.

According to a source, the suspects had used the licences of several companies to validate the claims for the supply of food and drinks amounting to more than RM175,000.

The source said at the same time, the ex-director was believed to have received monthly payments amounting to more than RM60,000 from the contractor between 2017 and 2019.

Sabah MACC director Datuk S. Karunanithy, when contacted, confirmed the arrests and said the case was being investigated under Sections 17(a) and 18 of the MACC Act 2009.

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