07-01-2023, 03:42 PM
MACC to probe Tiong’s allegation of corruption at KLIA
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PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) will investigate an allegation of graft involving immigration officers at KLIA.
“We will obtain information from all parties and investigate accordingly,” MACC chief commissioner Azam Baki said in a brief statement.
Yesterday, tourism, arts and culture minister Tiong King Sing alleged that his recent visit to KLIA exposed a “culture of corruption by a few officials and the chronic abuse of power”.
He claimed immigration officers were asking for as much as RM3,000 to release travellers they had detained, with an additional RM3,000 to be paid if the traveller wanted to return to his home country immediately.
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“We will obtain information from all parties and investigate accordingly,” MACC chief commissioner Azam Baki said in a brief statement.
Yesterday, tourism, arts and culture minister Tiong King Sing alleged that his recent visit to KLIA exposed a “culture of corruption by a few officials and the chronic abuse of power”.
He claimed immigration officers were asking for as much as RM3,000 to release travellers they had detained, with an additional RM3,000 to be paid if the traveller wanted to return to his home country immediately.
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