KUALA LUMPUR, April 3 -- The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has arrested a managing director and a jobless man for allegedly soliciting a RM1 million bribe to bury a corruption report against a sand supplier.

The suspects, both in their 50s, were picked up in separate operations in Penang between 2pm and 8pm yesterday.

One was arrested at a restaurant, while the other was detained at the MACC Penang office.

Sources revealed that the duo - an unemployed man described as the primary suspect and a managing director of a sand supply firm - are believed to have solicited the bribe last month.

The primary suspect was caught in a sting operation by the MACC Intelligence Division at a restaurant, just as three cheques totalling R...