Customs officer charged with accepting RM900 bribe


SEPANG: An Assistant Superintendent of the Royal Malaysian Customs Department (RMCD) was charged at the Sessions Court here Tuesday (Nov 12) with accepting RM900 as an inducement to release medicines belonging to nine Bangladeshi passengers.

The accused, Kufariz Iskandar Zulfkifli, 30, was charged with committing the offence while conducting a baggage check at the RMCD Passenger Inspection Branch, Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Terminal 1 at about 1.30pm on Nov 14, last year.

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