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An Ipoh-based enforcement officer faces a three-day remand following allegations that he accepted RM190,000 in bribes from a cooking oil packaging company to expedite its subsidised quota application.
Malaysia's Anti-Corruption Commission has unveiled six governance improvements aimed at plugging leaks and strengthening controls in the Cooking Oil Price Stabilisation Scheme, addressing longstanding concerns about subsidy diversion.
Malaysia's domestic trade ministry will examine recommendations from parliament's Public Accounts Committee on managing cooking oil subsidies and prices, focusing on faster deployment of digital tracking systems and quotas favouring local refiners.
Parliament's Public Accounts Committee has unveiled damning findings on Malaysia's cooking oil subsidy scheme, recommending urgent cuts to quotas and a shift to digital targeting to prevent RM10.8 billion in public funds from being wasted.