JOHOR BARU: A former building agent has claimed trial to 23 counts of accepting bribes amounting to RM9, 600. The accused, Tay Choon Siew, 68, pleaded not guilty when the charges were read in front of Sessions Court judge Datuk Ahmad Kamal Arifin Ismail here on Wednesday( Oct 27). According to the charge sheet, Tay received bribes of between RM400 and RM800 from a contractor as inducement for him to propose that the 36-year-old man's company be appointed as the contractor in charge of cleaning a