KUALA LUMPUR, March 9 -- Malaysiakini journalist B Nantha Kumar has filed a police report against a Pakistani agent, alleging him of bribery attempt, which had led to the reporter being arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).

Malaysiakini reported that Nantha denied soliciting or accepting any bribe from the agent while investigating an alleged migrant worker trafficking syndicate called "Fly".

"When I met him about 11.10pm at the Concorde Hotel in Shah Alam to discuss my investigation into [the alleged] 'Fly' syndicate, he passed me a brown envelope in an attempt to persuade me to cooperate with him in the syndicate," the police report read, referring to the agent.

"I had taken the envelope as evidence to prove th...