Published on: Saturday, February 06, 2021
By: Bernama
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KUANTAN: Two policemen were sentenced to 36 months in jail and fined RM25,000 each after being convicted of two counts of accepting bribes amounting to RM4,000 about five years ago.
Sessions Court judge Datuk Ahmad Zamzani Mohd Zain also ordered Lance Corporal Shafiq Kharidan, 28, and Corporal Muhamad Nurlizam Ali, 35, to be jailed for nine months if they failed to pay the fine.
The court came to the decision at the end of the defence case which heard the testimonies of 21 prosecution and three defence witnesses.
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Shafiq and Muhamad Nurlizam received bribes amounting to RM3,000 and RM1,000 on Sept 23 and 24, 2016 from a trader as an inducement not to take action for possessing contraband cigarettes at Jalan Felda Kechau and Taman Cahaya in Lipis, about 250 kilometres from here.
Principal admin asst claims trial to receiving over RM3,000 in bribes 27 Jan 2021 / 16:38 H. Pix for illustration purposes.
KUANTAN: A principal administrative assistant at the Office of the Pahang State Secretary pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court, here, today to six counts of receiving RM3,093 in bribes including holiday accommodation payment, three years ago.
Mohd Fakhruddin Mahmud, 39, from Kota SAS, here, made the plea after the charges were read out to him before judge Ahmad Zamzani Mohd Zain.
The accused allegedly received RM1,300 from a businessman, who is a Datuk, in three instalments through online money transfer into his account at a bank in Jalan Bukit Ubi, here, between July 3 and Oct 8, 2019.
Wednesday, 27 Jan 2021 05:02 PM MYT
Mohd Fakhruddin Mahmud, 39, from Kota SAS, here, made the plea after the charges were read out to him before judge Ahmad Zamzani Mohd Zain. Reuters pic
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KUANTAN, Jan 27 A principal administrative assistant at the Office of the Pahang State Secretary pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court, here, today to six counts of receiving RM3,093 in bribes including holiday accommodation payment, three years ago.
Mohd Fakhruddin Mahmud, 39, from Kota SAS, here, made the plea after the charges were read out to him before judge Ahmad Zamzani Mohd Zain.