The former leader has been freed of four charges of using his position to obtain bribes amounting to RM232.5 million.

A ruling party member of parliament resigned from his post as a deputy minister after allegations that he accepted bribes from a wind power company, dealing another setback to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

Azam Baki says the allocations are part of federal initiatives despite his earlier warnings that any such payments can be considered as corruption.

The suspects allegedly approved visa applications for Bangladeshi citizens with a payment of around US$300 to US$500 per applicant.

The suspect is being held under Section 16(a)(A) of the MACC Act 2009.

A lawyer accused the state's drug controller, Manmohan Taneja, of taking a bribe of US$605,419 from Maiden Pharmaceuticals to help it switch the samples before an Indian government laboratory tested them.

The project in question was worth some RM41 million.

It has also frozen more than 20 bank accounts as part of its probe into suspected bribery for the issuance of overseas visas.

Abdul Hamid Shaikh Abdul Razak Shaikh and his company, Hydroshoppe, have claimed trial to the charges against them.

Bankman-Fried's arrest came after a flurry of customer withdrawals spurred by concerns about commingling of funds between the exchange and Alameda prompted the collapse of now-bankrupt FTX.

Putrajaya Umno division vice-chief Ahmad Faisal Abdul Karim says PN candidate Radzi Jidin bribed voters for their support.

Adam Radlan Adam Muhammad has been charged with another two counts of receiving bribes amounting to RM4.1 million.