Tan Sri who allegedly offered bribe to Johor Sultan surrenders to MACC

KUALA LUMPUR: An individual who allegedly offered RM2 million to the Sultan of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar, to obtain the federal honorific title of Tan Sri for a third party surrendered to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) less than six hours after the commission warned him of detention if he failed to do so.
MACC deputy commissioner Datuk Azam Baki confirmed the suspect had turned himself in about 5pm.
He said investigations are ongoing and the MACC will decide on remanding the man or otherwise today.
Earlier at an MACC event in Putrajaya, Azam had warned that the MACC will arrest the suspect who is believed to have gone into hiding and have his identity published in the mass media if he fails to surrender himself to the commission.
He declined to identify the individual but described him as a "bald, Malaysian Chinese".
Azam said all exit points are also on alert if the man tries to flee the country.
The Johor Sultan had revealed last week that he felt insulted when the individual made the offer and suggested he profit from the quota of Tan Sri titles he is granted by the federal government.
It is believed that the individual, who is a well-known businessman with a Tan Sri title, and in his 50's, had allegedly played broker to acquire the Tan Sri title for another businessman.
On Monday, MACC commissioner Datuk Dzulkifli Ahmad and several of his senior officers met the Sultan at a hotel here for over an hour to obtain information of the bribery attempt before initiating an investigation on the case.