Bentong prison staff held for taking bribe to smuggle items to inmates
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KUANTAN: A civil servant has been arrested for allegedly accepting bribes in exchange for smuggling prohibited items into a prison for inmates' use.
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The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) obtained a three-day remand order until July 30 against the suspect, who is in his 40s, to facilitate investigations into the case.
Magistrate Tuan Ruzuaini Tuan Lah issued the order when the suspect was produced at the magistrate's court here today.
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