MACC widens probe into online media company after two journalists with military background arrested in smuggling ring

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Malaysia's Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) is investigating an online media company after arresting two of its journalists during Op Sohor, an operation targeting a smuggling syndicate. MACC chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki suspects the company is a front for money laundering. Ten individuals, including five senior military officers and a company manager, were remanded. The two journalists and eight others are believed to be former Malaysian Armed Forces personnel, potentially providing information to smugglers.