The other three arrested comprise a civil servant, a company owner and the manager of an investment trust, Berita Harian reported. They were detained at about 7.30pm after giving their statements at the Sarawak MACC office.

They are suspected of involvement in giving and receiving bribes worth millions of ringgit, including in the form of vehicles and houses.

The main suspect is alleged to have been receiving bribes from 2018 to 2021 from the company owner in return for helping the company obtain two water supply projects, the report, quoting a source, said.

“The investment trust manager was also arrested on suspicion of receiving bribes on behalf of the main suspect.

“All arrested are men aged in their 30s to 50s,” it said.

MACC special operations division director Tan Kang Sai confirmed that the arrests were made to help in the investigation under Section 17(a) of the MACC Act 2009.

All the suspects will be brought to the Kuching magistrates’ court this morning for a remand application.