State legal officers remanded


Leaving the area: The 42-year-old legal officer being led away from Alor Setar Court Complex. — Photo by GC TAN/The Star

ALOR SETAR: Three Penang state legal officers have been remanded for allegedly soliciting RM500,000 bribe and receiving RM100,000 in bribes from a member of the public linked to a commercial case.

Magistrate Nurshahida Abdul Rahim granted a six-day remand order on one of the suspects, aged 42, while two others, aged 29 and 52, have been remanded for three days. They have been remanded since yesterday.

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