Govt officer fined RM2,000 for taking RM700 bribe

Muhamad Basri Bonari (centre, covering his face) from the the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs’ Muar branch leaving the Johor Baru Sessions Court on March 29, 2022 after he pleaded guilty to accepting a bribe of RM700.

JOHOR BARU: An assistant enforcement officer with a government agency has been fined RM2,000 after pleading guilty to accepting a RM700 bribe.

Muhamad Basri Bonari, 43, from the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry's Muar branch, was charged at a Sessions Court here on Tuesday (March 29) with accepting a bribe of RM700 at 4.55pm on May 10 last year.