The citys Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) said it found that a Marine and Water Bureau officer had allegedly abused his position by accepting bribes from a shipping company from 2012 to 2015.
This new case follows on the heels of the graft busters previous investigation into two high-ranking officials from the Bureau earlier this year.
In a statement issued yesterday, the Commission said it has finalised its investigation into a Marine and Water Bureau chief who had allegedly abused his position by accepting bribes from the staff of a shipping company in the form of ferry tickets, hotel accommodation, and restaurant services from 2012 to 2015. The chief had also requested the shipping company to arrange for a job for his family or friend, and had asked for the reservation of a shop space in the Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal for his family or friend to operate.
The Commission has refused to identify to Business Daily who this Bureau chief was. In a brief statement issued yesterday, the Marine and Water Bureau said this official has already been suspended from his post.
According to the Commissions statement, the Bureau chief aided the shipping company in getting exemption from a penalty for not complying with the Bureaus guidelines and instructions. But the graft buster did not elaborate on what guidelines it was referring to.
In late March of this year, Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo Arrais do Rosário confirmed to media that a vice-director and a department chief from the Marine and Water Bureau were both allegedly involved in a bribery case. Both of the Bureau officials were suspended from their posts and barred from leaving Macau.
The government, however, has not disclosed details relating to the bribery case of the Marine and Water Bureau vice-director and department chief.
The Commission Against Corruption has also declined to comment further to Business Daily on the relationship between its investigation into the Marine and Water Bureau vice-director and the Bureau chief that has allegedly involved accepting bribes from a shipping company which the Commission declined to identify.
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