Journalist speaks out after MACC probe into bribery allegations

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B Nantha Kumar denies asking a foreign worker agent for a RM100,000 bribe and later negotiating it down to RM20,000.  Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/03/07/journalist-speaks-out-after-macc-probe-into-bribery-allegations/  Laporan Lanjut:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/03/07/kes-rasuah-wartawan-nantha-buka-mulut-selepas-disiasat-sprm/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #BNanthaKumar #MACC #Bribery

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00:00Malaysiakini journalist B. Nanda Kumar insists that he has never solicited bribes from foreign

00:06worker agents or profited from his stories exposing foreign workers smuggling syndicates.

00:12In a Malaysiakini report today, Nanda denied MACC chief Azam Baqi's claim that he had

00:17asked a foreign worker agent for a RM100,000 bribe which was later negotiated down to RM20,000.

00:24He said two Pakistani agents mentioned in the article offered him RM50,000 to settle

00:29the matter but he refused.

00:31Nanda said he immediately brought the matter up to the state immigration director who asked

00:36him to engage with the agents again to help gather stronger evidence.

00:40Nanda and the Pakistani agent then agreed to meet in a hotel in Shah Alam where he pretended

00:45to express interest in working together with the agent.

00:48He said the agent then handed him an envelope which he took as evidence to be handed to

00:53the immigration director.

00:55However, Nanda said more than a dozen MACC officers confronted him within seconds.

01:00He was remanded for four days before being released on Tuesday.

01:05Danish Raja Reza, FMT News.

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