Man pleads not guilty to giving false statement to MACC

KOTA BHARU: A trader pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court to the charge of giving a false statement to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), about a man with the title Datuk who allegedly solicited a bribe of between RM1mil and RM2mil.

Abdul Hakimy Zulkifli, 32, was charged with committing the offence, when his conversation was recorded under Section 30(8) of the MACC Act 2009, at the Kelantan MACC office, at 12.55pm on Sept 3 last year. He was charged under Section 27(1)(a) of the same law.