Cop caught red-handed taking RM3,000 bribe

KOTA KINABALU: A police inspector has been arrested for receiving bribes totalling RM8,200.

The 32-year-old prosecuting officer based in Tawau was arrested at about 2.30pm Tuesday, said state Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission director Datuk Shaharom Abd Manap.

The inspector was nabbed just as he received a payment of RM3,000 from a man, who was the complainant, in his car.

It is believed that the complainant had asked the inspector to help a family member involved in a possession of weapons case - an airgun and a Samurai sword.

"The inspector is also suspected of receiving bribes of various amounts over several occassions from the same man" Shaharom said.