THE Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC) has arrested a private secretary to Human Resources Minister V. Sivakumar, coming a day after detaining an aide to the minister.

A source from the anti-graft agency confirmed the arrest but did not divulge any details of the incident.

The arrest today came less than 24 hours after the MACC detained Sivakumar’s aide yesterday in a graft probe over the hiring of foreign workers.

MACC chief commissioner Azam Baki confirmed the aide’s detention, together with several others, in a brief response to The Malaysian Insight.

The MACC is believed to have raided the ministry’s office following allegations those involved had set up a migrant worker recruitment scheme despite a conflict of interest as they were linked to the ministry.

Yesterday, Sivakumar urged the media not to speculate about the aide’s arrest 

“My ministry and I will give the authorities our full co-operation, if necessary.

“I hope that the media will not speculate or make assumptions until the agency has completed its investigation,” he said in a brief statement yesterday. – April 14, 2023.