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Malaysian officials hand over money to anti-graft agency in Sabah corruption probe

( October 12, 2016, 05:28 GMT | Insight) -- Three Sabah water department employees have handed over about 1 million ringgit ($238,695) that they were suspected of having received in the process of approving 3.3 billion ringgit in water projects since 2010, the Star and the News Straits Times reported.Three Sabah water department employees have handed over about 1 million ringgit ($238,695) that they were suspected of having received in the process of approving 3.3 billion ringgit in water projects since 2010, the Star and the News Straits Times reported. Sources at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission said that the three were believed to be heads of sections in the department. They turned over the money to MACC while being grilled as witnesses, the Star reported. The anti-corruption watchdog interviewed 40 witnesses in connection with the case. It also discovered 30 million ringgit deposited in foreign banks and another 30 million ringgit in the form of 127 land titles, the News Straits Times wrote....

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