SEREMBAN: A 38-year-old Road Transport Department( JPJ) officer was jailed 14 days and fined RM17, 500 after he pleaded guilty at the Sessions Court here on Wednesday( April 6) to a charge of soliciting a RM3, 500 bribe from a company owner. Judge Rushan Lutfi Mohamed also ordered Mohd Najmi Zakaria to serve another three months in jail if he was unable to pay the fine. Mohd Najmi, who was a vehicle inspector with the department, was charged with soliciting the bribe from one Cheok Cze Wei, who

SEREMBAN: A 46-year-old self-employed man claimed trial at the Sessions Court here to a charge of soliciting and accepting a RM15, 000 bribe from a woman to free her mother who had been detained by the police. Khairul Husni Othman pleaded not guilty to the charge after it was read to him before Judge Diana Md Razali. The accused allegedly committed the offence at a house in Rasah Kemayan near here on June 1, 2017.He had allegedly solicited the money from Ros Zunnurain Mohammad Razif as an induce

SEREMBAN: A Felda scheme supervisor has been sentenced to 14 days in jail and fined RM25, 000 by the Sessions Court after pleading guilty to abusing his position during a tender exercise. Judge Rushan Lutfi Mohamed also ordered Mohd Syafeq Mokhtar, 34, to serve an additional five months in jail if he can’t pay the fine. Mohd Syafeq was the tender committee secretary at the Felda Palong 5 scheme.He abused his position by selecting a company which he owned to provide labour services, equipment, tr

MELAKA: Two men believed to be scammers were charged at the Ayer Keroh Sessions Court here with bribing a policeman with RM60, 000 to avoid action to be taken against them for an offence. Friends Teo Teck Qing, 26, and Keong Kah Wai, 19, pleaded not guilty before judge Elesabet Paya Wan. Teo was charged with giving a bribe of RM60, 000 to Deputy Supt Supari Muhamad of the Melaka Tengah police headquarters as an inducement to not take action against him and his friends for alleged cheating. The o

SEREMBAN: A 38-year-old inspector-of-works has been fined RM25, 000 and sentenced to 14 days in jail by the Sessions Court here after he pleaded guilty to accepting a RM5, 000 bribe. Judge Rushan Lutfi Mohamed also ordered Mohd Zakiuddin Ridzuan to serve a further six months in jail if he was unable to pay the fine. The accused was charged with committing the offence between noon and 2pm at a fast food outlet in Tampin on March 15 last year.He was said to have accepted the bribe from one A. Sant

SEREMBAN: Two Immigration Department officers have claimed trial at the Sessions Court here to charges of receiving a total of RM15, 500 in bribes from middlemen to release foreigners who violated immigration laws. Mohamad Izhmi Mohamad Noor, 35, and Muhammad Ali Mohammed Redzwa, 27, who worked at KL International Airport 2 in Sepang, pleaded not guilty to the charges before Sessions judge Datin Surita Budin on Friday( June 25). Mohamad Izhmi was charged with receiving a RM10, 000 bribe from an