'Datuk Seri' doc among 16 nabbed in birth cert graft probe

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Sixteen people, including a medical practitioner with a Datuk Seri title, have been detained by graft busters in connection with bribing officials to register non-citizen births as Malaysians.   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/cubryffd  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:0016 individuals, including a Datuk Shri medical practitioner, have been detained for allegedly

00:07bribing officials to register non-citizen births as Malaysians using fake documents.

00:14Malaysian's Anti-Corruption Commission Deputy Chief Commissioner Datuk Shri Ahmad Kusairi

00:19Yahaya said the arrests were made during Op's outlander and Op's birth, with raids conducted

00:25at clinics and law firms in the Klang Valley and Johor.

00:29A civil servant is the main suspect in Op's outlander for allegedly facilitating late

00:34birth registrations, while a Datuk Shri doctor who owns several clinics is suspected of issuing

00:41fake birth documents.

00:43Six applicants and a lawyer, believed to be the middleman, were also detained.

00:48The suspects, aged 20 to 70, were detained, with two, including the Datuk Shri, released

00:55on MACC bail due to health issues.

00:58MACC is seeking remand for the remaining suspects.

01:03The raids followed a year-long intelligence operation in collaboration with the National

01:07Registration Department.

01:09The case is being investigated under Section 17 Subsections A and B of the MACC Act 2009.

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