Air Kelantan ex-GM charged with bribery

KOTA BARU: The former general manager of Air Kelantan Sdn Bhd (AKSB) has been charged with accepting a RM10,000 bribe from a company in 2015.

Wan Mohamad Zamri Wan Ismail, 61, pleaded not guilty after the charge was read before judge Zaman Mohd Noor in the Sessions Court here yesterday.

He was accused of accepting a bribe on Jan 22, 2015, near Maybank, Jalan Mahmood here, from Ng Tse Wei, through a United Oversea Bank (Malaysia) Bhd cheque dated Jan 21, 2015, which was credited to his Maybank Islamic account.

The money was an inducement to help Zog Technology be appointed a subcontractor to design, build, prepare, test run, and do other work related to the Merbau Chondong Water Supply Scheme Phase II, Package 1 in Machang, Kelantan.