Enforcement Officers Among Five Held Over illegal Foreign Worker Registration
According to a source, the other two individuals comprise a company manager and a foreign national. All five, aged between 20s and 40s, were picked up between 11 am and 2.30 pm yesterday in Putrajaya and Kelantan.
'Initial investigations revealed that the three enforcement officers -- two men and a woman -- are suspected of accepting bribes ranging between RM50,000 and RM60,000 for processing foreign worker registration applications.
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