THE Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) today arrested an executive of a leading supermarket for allegedly soliciting and receiving bribes from two cleaning companies amounting to RM40,000.

According to a source, the 43-year-old woman was arrested at about 3.30pm when she came to the Selangor MACC office to give her statement on the case.

The suspect is alleged to have solicited for and received bribes monthly from the two companies in return for ensuring both firms secured cleaning contracts in several supermarket buildings in Malacca, Johor and Selangor from 2018 until this year, the source said.

Selangor MACC director Alias Salim, when contacted, confirmed the arrest and said an investigation is under way under Section 16(a)(A) of the MACC Act 2009.

The suspect will be brought to the Shah Alam magistrate’s court tomorrow morning for a remand application. – Bernama, June 21, 2021.