KOTA KINABALU: Nine contractors who submitted false bank statements in their bid for a canteen management contract worth RM200,000 were arrested by graft investigators in Tawau. It is understood that all the contractors involved, consisting of four women and five men, were arrested at 10am on Monday (March 28) at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Tawau office. Sabah MACC director Datuk S. Karunanithy confirmed the arrest and said the case was being investigated under Section 471 of the Penal Code for falsifying a document. Last week, he said that MACC officers in Keningau also arrested two contractors aged 25 and 32 for submitting false bank statements to bid for an RM5mil contract. Karunanithy also warned all contractors that submitting false documents for their bids to get contracts was an offence under the law.
