Senior military officers claim trial to RM126,500 bribery charges
Two serving senior military officers have claimed trial in separate sessions courts to receiving RM126,500 in bribes.
In the Kuala Lumpur sessions court, a 53-year-old officer, whose name was withheld by the court, was charged with accepting a RM34,500 bribe from a man in exchange for not reporting drug and cigarette smuggling activities to the higher authorities.
The alleged offence is said to have taken place at a luxury apartment on Jalan Dua, Jalan Chan Sow Lin, here.
If found guilty, the officer faces a jail term of up to 20 years and a fine of five times the alleged bribe sum.
Judge Azura Alwi set bail at RM12,000 bail with one surety and ordered the accused to report to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission office once a month.
“The court will not compound the accused’s passport, but he will need to…
