A Perikatan Nasional MP and a businessman will be charged on Monday for alleged corruption involving a Kedah state-owned cattle farming joint venture
KUALA LUMPUR: Two individuals, including a Perikatan Nasional member of Parliament, will be charged on Monday over alleged corruption involving a Kedah state-owned cattle farming joint venture.
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki said the MP and a businessman will be charged at the Shah Alam Court in Selangor.
“The MP will face a charge of abetment in accepting bribes under Section 28(1)(c) of the MACC Act 2009,” he said in a statement.
Azam Baki added that the businessman will be charged with two counts of soliciting and accepting bribes under Section 16(a)(A) of the same act.
The MACC in Kedah arrested the MP on Thursday for investigation over the case.
Sources say the investigation, ongoing since February, involves allegations of receiving about RM400,000.
The money was allegedly received in return for assisting in securing land usage rights for the feedlot project.
An investigation paper was opened following a complaint received on February 10.
Statements have been recorded from 15 witnesses in the case. – Bernama
