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JAKARTA: (Bernama) Former Indonesian Trade Minister Thomas Lembong appeared in court on Thursday (March 6) for the first hearing of his corruption trial, facing charges related to sugar imports that allegedly caused a financial loss to the state of up to IDR 578.15 billion (approximately US$37.3 million).
PETALING JAYA: Malaysiakini reporter B. Nantha Kumar is expected to be charged at the Shah Alam Sessions Court this Friday (March 14) over allegations of accepting a RM20,000 bribe.
(Reuters) - Umpire Juan Gabriel Castro, from the Dominican Republic, has been suspended for six years for breaches of anti-corruption protocols after manipulating scoring during matches, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) said on Monday.
ALOR SETAR: A police sergeant pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here on Monday (Feb 24) to four counts of corruption.
KOTA KINABALU: A former project manager has been charged with three counts of using forged documents to claim payments amounting to RM46.8mil for a road construction project here.
JOHOR BARU: Two Johor policemen, including an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), pleaded not guilty to five corruption charges brought against them at the Sessions Court here.
MELAKA: A 44-year-old former bank officer claimed trial at the Sessions Court here to 26 counts of charges for soliciting bribes amounting to RM153,622.47 between 2018 and 2023.
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: Civil servants implicated in criminal cases involving dishonesty—such as theft, breach of trust, corruption, or offenses related to their position—will be immediately suspended from their duties upon receiving a report from a government agency.
Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Wednesday (March 12, 2025)
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is taking Hasto Kristiyanto to court for bribery and obstruction of justice this week, potentially derailing the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politician's attempt to avoid investigation through pretrial motions.
MELAKA: A former bank officer claimed trial at the Sessions Court here to 26 counts of charges for soliciting bribes amounting to RM153,622.47 between 2018 and 2023.
Sok Songha, until recently head of the Anti-Drug Crime Office of the Takeo Provincial Police in Cambodia, has been detained in provincial prison for allegedly accepting bribes and abusing his position.
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: Two former senior officials from Radio Television Brunei (RTB), Muhammad Suffian Bungsu and Jonathan Kho Chew Sen, were acquitted of all charges related to the purchase of a luxury car valued at BND66,800 (US$50187). The verdict delivered on March 6 marked a significant decision in the application of anti-corruption laws in Brunei.
PUTRAJAYA: A former general manager of the National Farmers Organisation (Nafas) is expected to be charged by the end of this month for alleged corruption involving paddy fertiliser supplies worth RM1.8bil, says the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
Singapore has received a request from Indonesia to extradite a fugitive businessman over corruption charges, the first such request since a treaty between both countries came into force.
MELAKA: A former sales manager with a bank has claimed trial to 58 charges of soliciting and accepting bribes amounting to RM600,903.
MELAKA: The Ayer Keroh Sessions Court has fined a Statistics Department assistant officer RM45,000 after she pleaded guilty to three counts of submitting false claims.
MELAKA: A bank executive has pleaded not guilty at the Ayer Keroh Sessions Court to 15 charges of soliciting and accepting bribes to assist three law firms to secure housing loan referrals from a bank between 2017 and 2021.
KOTA KINABALU: A pensioner has been arrested for suspicion of making false claims totalling RM60,000 when he was serving as an enforcement agency officer four years ago.
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: A 45-year-old local man on Monday (Dec 30) pleaded guilty to five charges of corruption under Section 12B of the Prevention of Corruption Act, Chapter 131, with two additional offences taken into consideration.
