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Malaysia's High Court has clarified that the prime minister cannot legally direct government projects to particular companies, establishing an important boundary in procurement governance.
A Singapore construction entrepreneur has been imprisoned for one year after admitting to a systematic bribery conspiracy that netted his firm contracts worth nearly S$2.4 million from the Singapore Zoo.
Authorities in Putrajaya have remanded a company director for two days following allegations that he offered RM300,000 worth of house renovation work to a former chief operating officer of a statutory body to secure lucrative project contracts.
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested a company director accused of bribing a former chief operating officer of Tabung Haji with approximately RM300,000 worth of renovation work to secure contracts.
Former MACC chief Tan Sri Azam Baki has denied involvement in a RM178 million government contract awarded to a firm with ties to his brother, asserting complete distance from the procurement process.
Turkish authorities have detained 36 individuals, including a mayor from an opposition-controlled Ankara district, during a sweeping anti-corruption investigation into alleged bribery and contract manipulation.
A High Court witness testified that businessman Lian Tian Chuan, known as TC Lian, instructed subordinates to prepare correspondence to then-Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin seeking government projects under the Jana Wibawa programme.