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KUALA LUMPUR: The former CEO and managing
director of Malaysia's Tekun Nasional was charged with two counts of
corruption on Monday (Jan 9).
Abdul Rahim Hassan pleaded not guilty to charges of soliciting and accepting a bribe of RM36,000 (US$8,000) from a debt collection company in 2015. Tekun is a government agency that provides financing to Bumiputera entrepreneurs, or indigenous and ethnic Malay entrepreneurs.
Abdul Rahim is the latest top official to be hauled to court by Malaysia's anti-corruption commission.
Last week, the graft busting body arrested the secretary-general of the rural and regional development ministry and his two sons after it unearthed gold assets and cash worth about US$600 million in several safe deposit boxes.
In December, a former director of the Sabah water department, his wife and a former deputy director were charged with misappropriating funds totalling about US$14 million as well as for unlawfully possessing luxury goods.
"We are very upset, we are very sad that things happened and we hope these things can be resolved quickly," said Malaysia's Second Minister for International Trade and Industry Ong Ka Chuan. "We hope there's no future ... misappropriation of public funds. This will not bring a good image to the country and impact investor confidence."
Abdul Rahim Hassan pleaded not guilty to charges of soliciting and accepting a bribe of RM36,000 (US$8,000) from a debt collection company in 2015. Tekun is a government agency that provides financing to Bumiputera entrepreneurs, or indigenous and ethnic Malay entrepreneurs.
Abdul Rahim is the latest top official to be hauled to court by Malaysia's anti-corruption commission.
Last week, the graft busting body arrested the secretary-general of the rural and regional development ministry and his two sons after it unearthed gold assets and cash worth about US$600 million in several safe deposit boxes.
In December, a former director of the Sabah water department, his wife and a former deputy director were charged with misappropriating funds totalling about US$14 million as well as for unlawfully possessing luxury goods.
"We are very upset, we are very sad that things happened and we hope these things can be resolved quickly," said Malaysia's Second Minister for International Trade and Industry Ong Ka Chuan. "We hope there's no future ... misappropriation of public funds. This will not bring a good image to the country and impact investor confidence."
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