Australian police have charged a man with bribing a Malaysian official in order to secure the sale of a multi-million-dollar apartment complex in Melbourne to a subsidiary of Majilis Amanah Rakyat (Mara).

The Sydney Morning Herald reported that Boon Lye Teen, also known as Dennis Teen, was charged on July 9 with bribing a foreign official and for four counts of false accounts related to the sale in 2013 of a student accommodation block called Dudley House (above) in Melbourne to Mara Incorporated Sdn Bhd.