Syrian brothers claim trial to bribery charge 02 Mar 2021 / 14:49 H. Pix for illustration purposes.
ALOR SETAR: Two Syrian brothers today pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court here to a charge of offering a bribe of RM10,000 to an Immigration officer in Langkawi in January last year.
The accused, Ali Esmail Hamed, 38, and his brother Alaa Esmail, 35, made the confession after the charge was read to them by an interpreter before Judge Murtazadi Amran.
According to the charge sheet, the two were accused of offering cash of RM10,000 to Langkawi branch Assistant Superintendent of Immigration Mohd Hazwan Othman at Yasmeen Express Restaurant Pantai Chenang at 12.50 am, on Jan 22, 2020.