JOHOR BARU: Two civil servants, aged 45 and 48, were charged at the Session Court here for soliciting and accepting a RM50,000 bribe four years ago. Both suspects were working as officers with the Malaysia Marine Department (South Region) here. Sanizam is believed to have received the RM50,000 bribe from Lim on Nov 27, 2015 at about 11.10am at the same location. The bribe was an inducement for them to produce a letter of operation approval for three vessels, Hai Tai 1, Hai Tai 2, and Hai Tai 3. The case was prosecuted by Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) prosecution officer, Norsyarina Raizan, before Sessions Judge, Kamarudin Kamsun on Thursday (Jan 3).

Source: The Star January 03, 2019 04:18 UTC