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.