PUTRAJAYA, March 4 -- Malaysiakini journalist B. Nantha Kumar was released this afternoon after being held in remand for four days over allegations of bribery.

Nantha was arrested last Friday on suspicion of receiving RM20,000 from an agent dealing with foreign workers, purportedly in exchange for not publishing two articles exposing a cartel.

According to Malaysiakini he walked out of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) headquarters here at 3pm.

He was accompanied by his wife and Malaysiakini executive editor RK Anand, who posted RM10,000 bail for him.

Nantha has been with Malaysiakini for seven years, producing in-depth reports on immigration syndicates, including those involving the Immigration Department.

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