Police DSP jailed two years, fined RM25k for asking for bribe


KOTA KINABALU: A senior police officer was jailed two years and fined RM25,000 or five months’ jail in default after he was found guilty of asking for RM20,000 from a woman in connection with a cheating case in 2016.

Mohd Mahyudin Abdullah (pic), who held the rank of Deputy Supt at the time, was found guilty of asking for a bribe of RM20,000 from Josepin J. Langkan as inducement to not take action against her under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating.

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