The MACC has detained 44 individuals including 32 Road Transport Department (JPJ) officers and a traffic cop for allegedly protecting lorry drivers who committed traffic offences, particularly involving overloading and technical shortcomings of the lorries.

An MACC source said the people were arrested in a massive ‘Sukat Operation’ conducted in Kedah, Penang, Perak, Perlis, and Malacca since yesterday.

“The modus operandi of the syndicate included...