Ex-enforcement assistant, assistant officer at local authority in Perlis remanded seven days
According to a source from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), the remand order against the 61-year-old recently retired enforcement assistant and the female assistant officer, 37, was issued by Kangar Magistrate's Court.
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