PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has brought to court seven Johor Immigration Department officers linked to bribery activities involving a syndicate which misused the country’s border entry and exit stamps.
The seven were charged yesterday in five states after the “Ops Selat” operation in Johor on Nov 16.
Two were charged at the Kota Baru Sessions Court, two at the Johor Baru Sessions Court and one each at the Butterworth Sessions Court, Shah Alam Sessions Court and Melaka Sessions Court.
One more is expected to be charged tomorrow at the Kuala Terengganu Sessions Court.
In Butterworth, Akashah Roslan, 38, was sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined RM12,000 after he pleaded guilty to three counts of bribery as an inducement to misuse the immigration stamp.
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JOHOR BARU: Two Immigration Department officers have been charged at the Sessions Court here following a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) operation called “Ops Selat” in Johor on Nov 16.
The accused, Azhar Ahmad M Salbi, 27, and Syafik Abu Khalipah, 25, faced eight corruption charges between them in front of Sessions Judge Kamarudin Kamsun here on Monday (Dec 14).
Azhar pleaded guilty to an alternative charge for accepting RM1,250 for issuing a stamp certificate of exit and entry of foreign passports some two years ago.
According to the charge sheet, Azhar, as an officer of the Immigration Department at the Bangunan Sultan Iskandar here, received RM500 and RM750 from two agents through his bank account as an inducement to issue the stamp without leaving Malaysia between Feb 20 and April 9,2018.
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