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Environment dept DG, deputy arrested in e-waste probe
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MACC chief commissioner Azam Baki confirmed the arrests of the environment department director-general and his deputy.
PETALING JAYA : Environment department director-general Wan Abdul Latiff Wan Jaffar and one of his deputies have been arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission.
An MACC source said the pair were arrested around 6.30pm today to assist in the anti-graft agency’s investigations into a case involving e-waste.
MACC chief commissioner Azam Baki confirmed their arrests.
Previously, the MACC chief said six company owners had been arrested on suspicion of being involved in smuggling e-waste into the country for the past five years.