Man pleads not guilty to bribery


KUALA LUMPUR: A 44-year-old man has pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court here to allegedly offering a bribe to an assistant land officer as an inducement not to take action against him over illegal land clearing at a forest reserve in Cameron Highlands.

Tan Meng Lee (pic) was accused of offering RM20,000 to Abdul Rahim Sulaiman, 51, who is attached to the Cameron Highlands district and land office.

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