Marine police corporal charged with 43 counts of accepting bribes
26 Jan 2021 / 20:08 H.
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IPOH: A marine police corporal was charged in the Sessions Court here today with 43 counts of accepting bribes amounting to RM146,350 between 2016 and 2019.
Zubairi Abdul Mutalib, 60, however, pleaded not guilty to all the charges after they were read out before judge Priscilla Hemamalini.
Zubairi, who is head of PSC 16 Patrol Vessel Machinery at the Marine Police Base in Kg Acheh, Sitiawan, was charged with obtaining bribes amounting to RM146,350 through money transfers from the saving account belonging to Lim Mee Lan as an inducement not to take action against the owner of 18 vessels which had committed offences under the Fisheries Act 1985.