Four Customs officers get 24 months' jail for receiving bribe of RM22,000


ALOR SETAR: Four Customs officers were on Sunday (Dec 26) each sentenced to 24 months’ jail by the Sessions Court here after being found guilty of accepting a bribe of RM22,000 in May 2019.

Judge Harmi Thamri Mohamad passed the sentence on Kamaruzaman Hashim, 43, Mohamad Fadzil Voon Fandi Voon, 37, Saiful Azhar Ismail, 37, and Muhamad Izrul Ismail, 32, after the defence failed to prove the prosecution’s case beyond reasonable doubt.

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