16/08/2025
MACC: Two journalists nabbed in smuggling ring formerly military intelligence, media job acts as front for syndicate
By Malay Mail
Friday, 15 Aug 2025 12:26 PM MYT
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 15 — Two journalists among 10 people arrested for alleged involvement in a drug and contraband smuggling syndicate were also former military intelligence officers, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) revealed today.
Its chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki said the two had opted for early retirement before taking up positions as journalists at an online media company.
“Based on our checks, their jobs as journalists were merely a front for their actual roles in the syndicate,” he was quoted saying by New Straits Times.
Yesterday, the Magistrate’s Court issued remand orders against 10 individuals, including five senior Malaysian Armed Forces officers, to assist the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s (MACC) investigation into a smuggling syndicate operating in the country’s south.
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