Civil servant nabbed for trying to bribe man to drop police report over robbery case


KOTA KINABALU: Graft busters have arrested a civil servant for attempting to bribe an individual to retract a police report the latter had lodged against him for a robbery case in the Sandakan east coast district.

The suspect, in his 40s, who was working in the neighbouring Beluran district, was being investigated under Section 395 of the Penal Code for gang robbery following the report by the man.

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