Cop who turned down RM1,000 bribe rewarded


Proud moment: Muhammad Norzulkhairee with the Certificate of Appreciation from the MACC during the police monthly gathering at the state police headquarters in Penang Road.

GEORGE TOWN: When police constable Muhammad Norzulkhairee Md Akhir, 27, stopped a car in Tanjung Bungah here, he saw four men suspected to be illegal immigrants inside.

The driver of the car offered him a bribe of RM1,000 – more than half his monthly salary.

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