KUALA LUMPUR, March 22 -- The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) arrested a business owner and his employee for allegedly offering bribes to local council enforcement officers.

The two men, aged 45 and 21, had allegedly attempted to bribe the council enforcement officers as an inducement not to take action against his gaming machine business.

In a statement, MACC said the suspects were detained and arrested at the commission's Johor office complex on Jalan Persiaran Tanjung here at 1am to assist in investigations.

"It is understood that the suspect had allegedly offered a bribe of RM4,000 to several Iskandar Puteri City Council (MBIP) enforcement officers as an incentive to not take action on his business premises that were op...