Engineer denies graft charges


ALOR SETAR: A state Public Works Department senior assistant engineer was charged in a Sessions Court with five counts of soliciting and receiving bribes totalling RM105,000 as inducement to help a contractor secure tree felling, road maintenance and upgrading projects in Sik last year.

Ishak Ismail, 56, of Sungai Daun Yan, who is based at the department’s Kuala Muda/Sik branch, claimed trial to the charges.

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