KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 31 -- MACC investigations have uncovered a senior Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) officer who owns two hotels and allegedly forced contractors to book accommodation at his properties.

The officer reportedly demanded that six to eight contractors rent rooms at his hotels to house their workers.

"The reason is the RMN contracts use external workers, so they need accommodation," MACC chief Tan Sri Azam Baki said in the 'Kolar Hitam' podcast titled 'Azam 2026: Making MACC Bold & Radical' on MACC's YouTube channel yesterday.

"They were forced to pay. So, now I ask: who should I accuse, the giver or the receiver?" he added.

"This receiver owns two hotels," he added.

Azam also said that bribe-givers often live under pressure a...